Akutagawa Prize
1回登壇
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第158回（2017年 第2回開催） award
Chisako Wakatake
わかたけ ちさこ
Wakatake Chisako
ペンネーム:
Chisa Wakatake（Used for early short stories）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1980-05-17 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 2003年〜
- 所属
- Editor at literary magazine 'Choryu'
- 所属団体
- Japan Literary Artists Association
- 影響を受けた人物
- Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami
- 影響を与えた人物
- Younger generation of writers, Contemporary short-story writers
- ノミネート
- Shortlisted for the New Writers' Award
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Japanese Literature | 学士 | 1998-2002 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Japanese Literature
学位:
学士
期間:
1998-2002
卒業年:
2002
国:
Japan
Undergraduate thesis 'Temporal Representation in Contemporary Short Fiction'
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | National Short Fiction Award | Voices by the Sea | 短編 | National Literary Promotion Society | Winner |
| 2021 | Wakatake Literary Prize | Winter Hare | 長編 | Wakatake Literary Promotion Association | Winner |
National Short Fiction Award
2015
対象作品:
Voices by the Sea
部門:
短編
主催:
National Literary Promotion Society
結果:
Winner
Wakatake Literary Prize
2021
対象作品:
Winter Hare
部門:
長編
主催:
Wakatake Literary Promotion Association
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
Bungei Award
1回登壇
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第54回（2017年） award
作品
代表作
Voices by the Sea
2014年 Short stories 192ページA collection of short stories set in a small seaside town, delicately portraying loneliness and human connections through fragments of daily life. Noted for its interwoven structure of memory and the present.
lonelinessfamilymemory
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Voices by the Sea / 佐藤春 (2016)
翻訳
- English translation 'Voices by the Sea' translated by Emily Carter
Winter Hare
2020年 Novel 312ページSet in a rural village during a harsh winter, this novel follows a story of loss and renewal. Rich natural description intertwines with deep interior explorations of the characters.
renewalnatureloss
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Winter Hare / 中村光 (2023)
翻訳
- English translation 'Winter Hare' translated by Georgie Brown (2022)
全著作
- Voices by the Sea (short stories, 2014)
- Letters at Dusk (essays, 2016)
- A Quiet Afternoon (short stories, 2018)
- Winter Hare (novel, 2020)
- Songs Left in the Wind (essays, 2022)
翻案
- Film 'Voices by the Sea' (2016)
- Film 'Winter Hare' (2023)
作品の翻訳
- Voices by the Sea — English translation
- Winter Hare — English translation
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lyrical and delicate psychological descriptionNarration that emphasizes seasonal atmosphereConcise, rhythmic prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- the seathe passage of seasonsanimals (particularly hares)fragments of memory
評価・遺産
Recognized as a writer who explores universal emotions through everyday details, she is known for expressing a delicate sense of time in contemporary Japanese literature. Her work has reached wider audiences through film adaptations and overseas translations.
関連学会
- Contemporary Literature Society
資料所蔵先
- Waseda University Faculty of Letters Archives
大衆文化への影響
- The film adaptation of 'Winter Hare' led to increased tourism to the village where it was set
引用
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Words are like the sea; once released, you never know where they'll flow.
出典: Interview ('Bungei Note', 2018) (2018年) -
A novel is a vessel for memory, to be shared with the reader's time.
出典: Essay 'On Writing', 2020 (2020年)
豆知識
- She practiced tanka poetry during university
- Prefers green tea while writing
- Her pen name derives from a young bamboo in her family garden