Subaru Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2006) honorable mention
Kiyotaka Yoshihara
よしはら きよたか
Yoshihara Kiyotaka
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970-12-10 （Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan → Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2006-
- Nominations
- 140th Akutagawa Prize nominee (for 'Illegal Processing' / 'Fusei na shori', 2009)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mie University | Faculty of Humanities | Department of Social Sciences | — | — | Japan |
Mie University
Faculty of Humanities
/ Department of Social Sciences
Country:
Japan
Graduated
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Subaru Literary Prize | Taper Shank | — | — | 佳作 |
Subaru Literary Prize
2006
Work:
Taper Shank
Result:
佳作
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Illegal Processing
2009 Literary fictionTitle work (published as a volume in 2009). A literary piece centered on short fiction that examines social mechanisms, ethical ambiguity, and delicate human relationships.
social injusticeethicshuman relationships
Taper Shank
2006 Short storyDebut short story published in Subaru magazine; the piece earned an honorable mention at the 30th Subaru Literary Prize and marked his literary debut.
departurealienationfragments of urban life
Diamond Blade
2011 Short storyShort story published in Bungakukai. The piece touches on themes such as violence and memory.
violencememoryinterior life
Bibliography
- Illegal Processing (Shueisha, Feb 2009)
- Taper Shank (Subaru, Nov 2006; not collected)
- Please Press the Destination Floor Button (Subaru, Oct 2007; not collected)
- Nakamura Parallelogram (Subaru, Mar 2008; not collected)
- Shigenori (Gunzo, Apr 2008; not collected)
- Ottou Urakuno (Subaru, May 2009; not collected)
- Diorama (Subaru, Oct 2009; not collected)
- Diamond Blade (Bungakukai, Oct 2011; not collected)
- The Woman of the Novel School (Subaru, Dec 2014; not collected)
- You Too, This Sea (Subaru, Dec 2015; not collected)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained, calm prosedelicate psychological depictionprimarily short-story focused structure
- Recurring Motifs
- lonelinessalienationthe underside of society
Legacy
Debuted with an honorable-mention award entry and continued publishing primarily short fiction. Attracted attention with a nomination for the Akutagawa Prize.
Archives
- National Diet Library (NDL: 01153344)
- VIAF identifier: 259171378
Trivia
- Honorable mention at the 30th Subaru Literary Prize (2006)
- 140th Akutagawa Prize nominee (2009)
- Graduated from Mie University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Social Sciences
- Born in Nagoya
- Has VIAF and National Diet Library authority identifiers