Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 110 (2010) award
Tsurukawa Kenkichi
つるかわ けんきち
Tsurukawa Kenkichi
Pen Names:
Tsurukawa Ken（Former pen name used when submitting his debut work）,
Shikimori Kenta（Ring name used during his career as a sumo gyōji）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1981-12-04 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Osaka, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Former sumo gyōji
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Nominations
- Candidate for the 149th Akutagawa Prize (for 'Sunamawari')
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka University of Arts | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art Planning | — | — | Japan |
Osaka University of Arts
Faculty of Arts
/ Department of Art Planning
Year of Graduation:
2007
Country:
Japan
Enrolled after dropping out of a Tokyo metropolitan high school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bungakukai Newcomer Award | Dry Arm (Kansō Ude) | — | Bungakukai (literary magazine) | Winner |
Bungakukai Newcomer Award
2010
Work:
Dry Arm (Kansō Ude)
Organization:
Bungakukai (literary magazine)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sunamawari
2013 Fiction (short story collection)A short story collection that portrays characters' inner lives through depictions of bodily experience and everyday disquiet.
physicalitydisruptions in everyday lifeidentity
Kansō Ude (Dry Arm)
2010 Short storyDebut short story focusing on bodily discomfort and discord in human relationships.
physicalityrelationshipsdiscord
Bibliography
- Sunamawari (Bungei Shunju, 2013)
- Kansō Ude (short story, Bungakukai, June 2010 issue)
- Rafu Perori (Bungakukai, December 2010 issue)
- Kirinuki (Bungei Shunju, November 2013 issue)
- Subete wa Mono no Toraekata (essay, Monthly PHP, January 2011 issue)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, observational proseemphasis on bodily description
- Recurring Motifs
- the bodybreakdown of everyday lifememorysumo-related motifs
Legacy
A writer who gained attention after winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Award and being shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize; noted for portrayals of physicality and ruptures in everyday life.
Trivia
- Former sumo gyōji; his gyōji name was Shikimori Kenta.
- Dropped out of a Tokyo metropolitan high school and entered the Kiriyama stable as a gyōji.
- Made his debut after winning the 110th Bungakukai Newcomer Award (2010).
- Shortlisted for the 149th Akutagawa Prize for 'Sunamawari' (2013).