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Kazuhiro Yamamuro

やまむろ かずひろ

Yamamuro Kazuhiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962-06-01 (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1990-

Education

Gakushuin University
Country: Japan

Awards

Subaru Literary Prize
1990
Work: Captain's Constellation
Organization: Shueisha (Subaru magazine)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Captain's Constellation

1991 Novel

Winner of the 14th Subaru Literary Prize. Yamamuro debuted with this work after receiving the prize in 1990; it was published in January 1991 by Shueisha.

youthinner conflict

Mushikui

1997 Novel

A book published by Shueisha in October 1997.

urban lifeloneliness

At the Terminal

2000 Short story

A short story published in the magazine Subaru (November 2000).

everyday lifeencounters

Bibliography

  • Captain's Constellation (Shueisha, Jan 1991)
  • Mushikui (Shueisha, Oct 1997)
  • "At the Terminal", Subaru magazine, Nov 2000 issue

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary fiction
Recurring Motifs
youthinner life

Legacy

A novelist who debuted after winning the Subaru Literary Prize in 1990. Although not prolific, he published works centered on his prize-winning debut and continued to publish into the 1990s and 2000s.

Trivia

  • Alumnus of Gakushuin University.
  • Debuted after winning the Subaru Literary Prize in 1990.