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Maki Wada

わだ まき

Wada Maki

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1984 (Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka (birthplace), Japan → Nishitanzawa, Kanagawa (moved in 2011; remote depopulated village), Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Painter, Yoga instructor, Farmer
活動期間
2016年〜
所属
Japan PEN Club
所属団体
Japan PEN Club
影響を受けた人物
Kamo no Chōmei, Ango Sakaguchi, Chōtarō Kawasaki

学歴

Tama Art University
Faculty of Fine Arts / Department of Arts
国: Japan

受賞歴

Kurashi no Shosetsu Grand Prize
2016
対象作品: 遁 (later published as '野分けのあとに')
主催: Sangyo Editorial Center (Publishing Department)
結果: 大賞
Farmers' Literature Prize
2018
対象作品: Kikatsugawa
主催: Japan Farmers' Literature Society
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

2016年 Novel

A novel that delicately depicts the daily lives, farming work, and family life of people living in a depopulated mountain village. (Originally the award-winning piece '遁', later published under this title.)

daily lifeagriculturecommunityfamily

Kikatsugawa

2018年 Short story

A short story concerning rural life, food scarcity and livelihoods. Winner of the 61st Farmers' Literature Prize.

agriculturehungercommunity

全著作

  • 野分けのあとに (2016, Sangyo Editorial Center)
  • Kikatsugawa (short story; Nōmin Bungaku No.318, 2018)
  • Roundtable 'Farmers' Literature and Women' (Nōmin Bungaku No.332, 2023)

作風・主題

文体
Realistic prose that carefully depicts everyday lifeCalm, restrained narrative voice
頻出モチーフ
rural lifenature and seasonscommunity and family

評価・遺産

Noted for works rooted in life in depopulated mountain villages and agriculture. Debuted as a novelist after winning a prize and is recognized for portraying rural life and family existence.

関連学会

  • Japan PEN Club

引用

  • Writing a novel with all one's strength was the same as living with all one's strength.
    出典: Da Vinci News (award comment) (2016年)

豆知識

  • Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Arts
  • Worked as a yoga instructor
  • Moved in 2011 to a depopulated village in Nishitanzawa, Kanagawa
  • Also active as a pencil and watercolor painter
  • Won the Kurashi no Shosetsu Grand Prize in 2016 (work: '遁')
  • Won the 61st Farmers' Literature Prize in 2018 (work: 'Kikatsugawa')