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第32回（1982年） award
Ichiro Yamada
やまだ いちろう
Yamada Ichirou
ペンネーム:
Hikaru Isshiki（Pen name used for short stories and essays）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1975-04-10 （Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, essayist
- 活動期間
- 1998年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haruki Murakami, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- 影響を与えた人物
- Hanako Tanaka
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | BA | 1994-1998 | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
学位:
BA
期間:
1994-1998
卒業年:
1998
国:
Japan
Began publishing in literary circles while enrolled
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shinsei Literary Prize | The Town Beyond the Sea | — | Shinsei Literary Association | winner |
| 2005 | Young Writers' Literary Award | Winter Light | — | Japan Literature Promotion Foundation | winner |
Shinsei Literary Prize
2025
対象作品:
The Town Beyond the Sea
主催:
Shinsei Literary Association
結果:
winner
Young Writers' Literary Award
2005
対象作品:
Winter Light
主催:
Japan Literature Promotion Foundation
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Town Beyond the Sea
2024年 contemporary fiction 320ページA novel set in a small coastal town that explores memory, loss, and renewal. Through the protagonist's return home, family history and community change are woven together.
memorylossthe sea and nostalgia
映像化・舞台化
- [film] The Town Beyond the Sea / Kenta Sato (2026)
翻訳
- The Town Beyond the Sea (English translation)
Winter Light
2004年 short stories 192ページA collection of short stories about suburban life and subtle human relationships. Noted for its quiet tone and interior depiction.
everyday lifelonelinessrelationships
全著作
- Winter Light (2004)
- Blue Alley (2010)
- The Town Beyond the Sea (2024)
- Journey of Fragments (2018)
翻案
- The Town Beyond the Sea (film, 2026)
作品の翻訳
- The Town Beyond the Sea (English edition)
- Blue Alley (English edition)
作風・主題
- 文体
- quiet, lyrical prosepsychological depiction through detailed observation
- 頻出モチーフ
- the seaold houseslost letters
評価・遺産
Praised for delicately rendering local memory, he is regarded as a model for mid-career writers. Film adaptation has broadened his audience.
関連学会
- Japanese Society for Contemporary Literature
大衆文化への影響
- Locations from his novels are sometimes featured in local tourism posters
引用
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There is nothing that swells more within a person than the memories of a small town.
出典: Interview on the publication of The Town Beyond the Sea (2024年)
豆知識
- Was a member of the photography club in university and enjoys landscape photography.
- Once serialized articles under a pen name in a literary magazine.