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Unosawa Subaru

ウノサワスバル

Unosawa Subaru

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1985-01-29 (Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Illustrator
Active Years
2009-

Awards

Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award — Ryūsui (Ryusui Award)
2010
Work: Sayonara Hiko
Category: 流水大賞 (Ryūsui Award)
Organization: Kodansha BOX
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sayonara Hiko

2010 Novel

Debut novel and winner of the Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award (Ryusui). A full-length novel exploring themes of farewell, memory, and coming of age.

farewellmemorycoming-of-age

Kochou (Butterfly)

2009 Illustration (short) 4 pages

An illustration published in Kodansha's literary magazine Pandora Vol.4 (August 2009). Released prior to the author's fiction debut.

Bibliography

  • Sayonara Hiko (Kodansha BOX, 2010)
  • Kochou (illustration) (Pandora Vol.4, Kodansha, 2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary narrative voicevisual, descriptive prose
Recurring Motifs
farewellmemorycontrasts between childhood and the present

Legacy

A writer who debuted by winning the grand prize of the Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award. Also worked as an illustrator; has shown multifaceted expression early on, but a limited body of work means long-term legacy is still modest.

Archives

  • National Diet Library authority (NDL)
  • VIAF identifier (VIAF)
  • ISNI identifier (ISNI)

Trivia

  • Prior to debut, published an illustration titled "Kochou" in Kodansha's literary magazine Pandora Vol.4 (2009).
  • Debuted with the novel 'Sayonara Hiko', which won the Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award (Ryusui) grand prize.
  • Identifiers such as ISNI, VIAF and NDL authority are registered in public authority databases.