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Yojiro Sato

さとう ようじろう

Satō Yōjirō

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1949-06-00 （Onga District, Fukuoka, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Onga District, Fukuoka (birth) → Oda, Shimane (raised from middle school) → Tokyo, Japan → Chiba, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, University professor, Essayist
活動期間
1975年〜
所属
Nihon University College of Art (faculty), Japan Writers' Association (executive), The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (executive), Japan–China Cultural Exchange Association (board member)
所属団体
Japan Writers' Association, Association of Writers Seeking a Nuclear-Free Society
影響を受けた人物
Wahei Tatematsu, Kenji Nakagami, Kenzō Kitakata

学歴

Chuo University
Faculty of Economics
学位: 学士
期間: 1970-1974
卒業年: 1974
国: Japan

受賞歴

Noma Literary New Face Award
1995
対象作品: Summer Solstice Festival
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner
Art Encouragement Prize (New Artist)
2000
対象作品: Fireflies at the Cape
主催: Japan Arts Council
結果: Winner
Kiyama Shohei Literary Prize
2001
対象作品: Igirisu-yama
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

To the Estuary

1992年 Novel

A novel that sharply depicts human loneliness, instinct and karma against the backdrop of his native landscape and other regions.

place/landscapelonelinessinstinctkarma

Summer Solstice Festival

1995年 Novel

Through a local festival and human relationships, the novel explores characters' inner lives and actions. Winner of the 17th Noma Literary New Face Award.

communityritualhuman relationships

Fireflies at the Cape

1998年 Novel

A work portraying the intersection of nature and human life; awarded the Art Encouragement Prize (New Artist) in 2000.

natureremembrancerenewal

Igirisu-yama

2000年 Novel

A well-regarded novel about the relationship between land and people, depicting human karma and loneliness. Winner of the Kiyama Shohei Literary Prize.

landlonelinessfate

全著作

  • To the Estuary
  • Go Forward
  • Summer Solstice Festival
  • Door of Dreams
  • Distant Sunset
  • The Big Rejection
  • My Father's Lover
  • Kaminabi
  • My Son's Name Is ... (Taku?)
  • Fireflies at the Cape
  • Confessions of a Construction Contractor
  • Igirisu-yama
  • Mourning of a Cat
  • Paradise Family
  • Practical Techniques of Novel Writing
  • Revised: Techniques of Novel Writing
  • Namu
  • Hey, Munakata!
  • Mrs. Jun
  • Lucky Cat Koban Summer Festival
  • Landscapes of Life
  • Silent Gods I
  • Sounds of Summer
  • Hooray for Yakiniku Bowl! A Father's Back, A Son's View
  • Unfinished Friendship
  • Lover
  • Silent Gods II
  • The Rigor of a Strict Father
  • Mother Pig's Dance
  • Tokyo
  • Walking the Literature of Islands
  • The Gut's Insects
  • Tales of the Slope
  • Goodbye My Love
  • TOKYO-BRIDGE
  • Shinran: The Past Is Not Blamed
  • Nindo
  • Tsuma-gome
  • Selected Novels 1: 'Matibari'
  • Selected Novels 2: 'Capsule Man'
  • Regret
  • Y-shaped Bridge
  • Full of Falsehoods: The Darkness of History
  • Words a Cheerful Centenarian Grandma Grasped in Life
  • Embracing the Night
  • A History of Ancient Japan Full of Mistakes

作風・主題

文体
robust, hearty prosestrong emphasis on regional/landscape depictionrealist narrative style
頻出モチーフ
landscape and local climatelonelinessshrines and folk traditionremote islandsizakaya (pub) cultureromance

評価・遺産

He is regarded as a writer who depicts human inner life and karma through the landscapes of his native and other regions. Through teaching at university and serving on prize juries, he has contributed to mentoring younger writers and to literary community activities.

関連学会

  • Japan Writers' Association

引用

  • Personality is shaped by the land (climate/region).
    出典: Wikipedia article '佐藤洋二郎'

豆知識

  • Born in Onga District, Fukuoka; grew up in Oda, Shimane from middle school.
  • Has traveled to thousands of shrines and over 100 islands.
  • Served on the faculty of Nihon University College of Art and retired in 2020.
  • Maintains a Twitter account (@QPYU8AqDH0YygLF).