Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1 appearances
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Edition 65 (2011) award
Mutsumi Yamashiro
やましろ むつみ
Yamashiro Mutsumi
Aliases:
山城康治
Pen Names:
Mutsumi Yamashiro（Pen name used for critical writings）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-09-24 （Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, university professor
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Affiliations
- Professor, Department of Literary Creation, Faculty of Cultural and Social Studies, Tokai University
- Influenced By
- Hideo Kobayashi, Yasuda Yoshirō
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nara Prefectural Koriyama High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Osaka University of Foreign Studies | Faculty of Foreign Languages | Russian Language Department | — | — | Japan |
Nara Prefectural Koriyama High School
Country:
Japan
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Faculty of Foreign Languages
/ Russian Language Department
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gunzo New Writers' Prize | Kobayashi: Critical Points of Criticism | 評論部門 | Gunzo (literary magazine) | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Mainichi Publishing Culture Award | Dostoevsky | — | Mainichi Newspapers | 受賞 |
Gunzo New Writers' Prize
1992
Work:
Kobayashi: Critical Points of Criticism
Category:
評論部門
Organization:
Gunzo (literary magazine)
Result:
受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2011
Work:
Dostoevsky
Organization:
Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Program of Literature
1995 literary criticismA collection of early essays that revisit the role of literature and the challenges of criticism from multiple angles.
literary criticismtheory of criticism
Period of Transformation and Thought
1999 literary criticismA book compiling essays that critically examine modes of thought during periods of social and cultural transformation.
periods of transformationhistory of thoughtcultural criticism
Dostoevsky
2010 literary criticism / literary studiesA close rereading of Dostoevsky's works and thought, discussing the author's themes, narrative techniques, and ethical issues.
DostoevskyRussian literaturestudies of the novel
Continuous Problems
2013 literary criticismA volume of essays addressing topical issues and various literary problems; a collection of serialized criticism.
contemporary criticismdiscourse analysis
Hideo Kobayashi and His War Years — The Blank in 'Dostoevsky's Literature'
2014 literary criticism / researchA long-form critique examining Hideo Kobayashi's criticism in its historical context, reflecting on wartime silences and the responsibilities of criticism.
Hideo Kobayashihistory of criticismwar and literature
Bibliography
- The Program of Literature (Ohta Publishing, 1995)
- Period of Transformation and Thought (Kodansha, 1999)
- Dostoevsky (Kodansha, 2010)
- Continuous Problems (Gengi Shobo, 2013)
- Hideo Kobayashi and His War Years — The Blank in 'Dostoevsky's Literature' (Shinchosha, 2014)
- Literature is 'Anthropology' (co-authored with Yasumasa Sato, Kasama Shobo, 2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous textual analysishistorical and theoretical comparative studyrigorous and logical prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Dostoevsky studiesthe responsibility of criticismwartime discourse and silences
Legacy
Recognized for theoretical and interdisciplinary criticism, including rereadings of Dostoevsky and Benjamin; has contributed to training younger scholars through university teaching.
Trivia
- Real name: Koji (Yasushi) Yamashiro.
- Debuted after winning the 35th Gunzo New Writers' Prize (criticism) in 1992 for an essay published in Gunzo.
- Won the 65th Mainichi Publishing Culture Award in 2011 for the book 'Dostoevsky' (2010).
- Serves as a professor at Tokai University, Faculty of Cultural and Social Studies.
- Graduated from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Department of Russian.