Akutagawa Prize
1回登壇
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第19回（1944年） award
Yoshinori Yagi
やぎ よしのり
Yagi Yoshinori
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1911-10-21 （Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan）
- 死没
- 1999-11-09 （Machida, Tokyo, Japan） 88歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan → Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan → Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Machida, Tokyo, Japan (Yamasaki housing complex)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist
- 活動期間
- 1934年〜1999年
- 所属
- Japan Art Academy, Bungei Jidai (contributor)
- 所属団体
- Japan Art Academy (member), Bungei Jidai (contributor)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Takeo Arishima, Riichi Yokomitsu, Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 影響を与えた人物
- Seiji Uenishi
- ノミネート
- Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize — nominee (multiple times)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Imperial University — Fisheries School (Manufacturing Course) | — | Manufacturing | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | French Literature | — | 1935-1938 | Japan |
| Waseda University Senior High School (Second Waseda High School) | — | — | — | 1933-1935 | Japan |
Hokkaido Imperial University — Fisheries School (Manufacturing Course)
Manufacturing
国:
Japan
Left before graduation
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ French Literature
期間:
1935-1938
卒業年:
1938
国:
Japan
Graduated
Waseda University Senior High School (Second Waseda High School)
期間:
1933-1935
国:
Japan
Attended senior high affiliated with Waseda
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Akutagawa Prize | Liu Kōfuku (Ryu Kōfuku) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Yomiuri Literature Prize | Kazematsuri | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Japan Art Academy Award (Imperial Prize) | — | 恩賜賞 | Japan Art Academy | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Hokkaido Shimbun Cultural Award | — | — | Hokkaido Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class | — | 勲章 | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 1990 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | Collected Works of Yoshinori Yagi (in recognition of his life's work) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Honorary Citizen of Muroran | — | — | Muroran City | 叙勲 |
Akutagawa Prize
1944
対象作品:
Liu Kōfuku (Ryu Kōfuku)
結果:
受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
1977
対象作品:
Kazematsuri
主催:
Yomiuri Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Japan Art Academy Award (Imperial Prize)
1988
部門:
恩賜賞
主催:
Japan Art Academy
結果:
受賞
Hokkaido Shimbun Cultural Award
1988
主催:
Hokkaido Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class
1989
部門:
勲章
主催:
Government of Japan
結果:
受章
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1990
対象作品:
Collected Works of Yoshinori Yagi (in recognition of his life's work)
結果:
受賞
Honorary Citizen of Muroran
1990
主催:
Muroran City
結果:
叙勲
受賞・候補エディション
-
第28回（1976年） award
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第44回（1988年） imperial prize
Kikuchi Kan Award
1回登壇
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第44回（1990年） award
作品
代表作
Liu Kōfuku (Ryu Kōfuku)
1944年 FictionA short work published during wartime depicting fate and human relationships in unfamiliar settings; it won the Akutagawa Prize.
warfatehuman relationships
Mother and Child Requiem
1948年 FictionPublished shortly after the war, this collection includes short and medium-length pieces exploring family and loss.
familylosspostwar
My Sonia
1949年 FictionA work that portrays the inner life and image of a woman from a personal point of view.
personal historywomeninterior life
Lake Mashu
1971年 FictionA story set in Hokkaido that delicately depicts landscape and human psychology.
naturenostalgiaisolation
Kazematsuri
1976年 FictionA collection of short and medium-length pieces showing the maturity of his style; it won the Yomiuri Literature Prize.
maturityregional lifehuman dramas
全著作
- Mother and Child Requiem
- For a Beautiful Old Age
- My Sonia
- Wild Dance
- Seven Women's Rooms
- Women: Short Stories
- The Bell That Will Ring Tomorrow
- I Love
- Shikoku Pilgrimage: From Tourist Sites to Mountain Temples
- Friends and Love
- Lake Mashu
- My Literature
- Kazematsuri
- A House Falling Apart
- Dawn at Sea
- A Man's Place
- Words of the North Wind
- Liu Kōfuku (Ryu Kōfuku)
- A Single Picture
- Distant Horizon
- Drifting Clouds
- A Mistaken Birthday
- Scenes with Family
- Three Lives
- Evening Rainbow
- Collected Works of Yoshinori Yagi (8 volumes)
- Aspiring to Be a Demon of Literature
- An Unaccustomed Morning: Selected Essays by Yoshinori Yagi
- Writing Workshop
- I Resemble a Snail
- My Sonia: Selected Works of Yoshinori Yagi
- Distant Horizon & Liu Kōfuku (reprint)
- Kazematsuri (reprint)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Shishosetsu (I-novel) tendencieslyrical proseskilled short-story technique
- 頻出モチーフ
- loss of familynorthern melancholyloneliness and isolation
健康
-
Orthostatic hypotension1998-1999Suffered an episode in 1998 leading to hospitalization; an orthostatic hypotension event contributed to his death in 1999.
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Suicide attempt (early adulthood)1930年代After a suicide attempt in Harbin, he was detained and interrogated; the incident influenced his subsequent life and thinking.
評価・遺産
Recognized as a master of the short story, he received major literary awards including the Akutagawa and Yomiuri prizes. As a Hokkaido-born writer he continued to depict northern landscapes and human psychology. Later elected to the Japan Art Academy, his achievements were honored with collected works and the Kikuchi Kan Prize.
記念館・博物館
- Yoshinori Yagi Literary Museum (location details not specified)
- Muroran City — Port Literature Museum (related exhibits) Muroran City, Hokkaido, Japan
資料所蔵先
- Waseda University Library holdings (materials related to Yoshinori Yagi exhibitions)
- Muroran City Port Literature Museum collections
豆知識
- Born out of wedlock and raised in a foster family during early childhood.
- His first wife and child perished in the 1945 Tokyo air raids.
- Attempted suicide in Harbin, Manchuria, and was subsequently detained and interrogated.
- Received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class (1989) and the Kikuchi Kan Prize (1990).
- In later years he was elected to the Japan Art Academy and his collected works were published, leading to renewed recognition.