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Makoto Yoshikawa

よしかわ まこと

Yoshikawa Makoto

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1937-02-24 (Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Writer, Horse racing writer, Sportswriter
活動期間
1978年〜
ノミネート
Akutagawa Prize nominee (1979, 'Receive the August Light'), Akutagawa Prize nominee (1979, 'Those Tearful Days'), Akutagawa Prize nominee (1980, 'Kandamura')

学歴

Shiba High School
国: Japan
Graduated (year unknown)
Komazawa University
Faculty of Buddhist Studies
国: Japan
Withdrew after one year

受賞歴

Subaru Literary Prize
1978
対象作品: My Battlefield
主催: Subaru editorial department (Shueisha)
結果: 受賞
JRA Award - Equestrian Culture Prize
1999
対象作品: Blood, Knowledge and Land: The Horse, Yoshida Zenya and Shadai
主催: Japan Racing Association (JRA)
結果: 受賞
Mizuno Sportswriter Award (Excellence Prize)
1999
対象作品: Blood, Knowledge and Land: The Horse, Yoshida Zenya and Shadai
部門: 優秀賞
主催: Mizuno
結果: 優秀賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

My Battlefield

1979年 Fiction

Debut work; a collection of stories exploring personal struggles and ways of life.

midlife conflictpersonal struggleisolation

Receive the August Light

1979年 Short fiction

An Akutagawa-nominated short story about loss and reflections on light.

lossmemorythe ordinary vs. the extraordinary

Those Tearful Days

1980年 Fiction

A work depicting emotional subtleties; was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

emotionhuman relationshipsreminiscence

Kandamura

1980年 Fiction

Depicts urban life and intersecting lives; was an Akutagawa Prize nominee.

urban lifehuman dramaintersecting lives

Blood, Knowledge and Land: The Horse, Yoshida Zenya and Shadai

1999年 Non-fiction / Biography

Biographical non-fiction chronicling Yoshida Zenya, the Shadai Group, and the horse-racing world.

horse racingbiographyindustrial history

Letters to a Thoroughbred

2003年 Non-fiction

An essay collection expressing thoughts and feelings about horse racing and thoroughbreds.

horse racingaffection for animalsreminiscence

全著作

  • My Battlefield
  • Those Tearful Days
  • Kandamura
  • Men Standing Still
  • Middle Age Aspires to Be a Writer
  • Farewell, Central and Pacific Professional Baseball
  • Teacher, A Question: For Moms and Dads Who Couldn't Do Arithmetic
  • Birds That Cannot Fly
  • If You're Going to Wander, Laugh: Talk, Joke, Walk
  • Ossu! High School Baseball (vols. 1–2, coauthored with Dousuke Satou)
  • If You're Going to, Be Middle Class
  • Kimigayo and My World
  • Connections: People Living at Shadai Farm
  • Race Town Intersection
  • Song of the Good-for-Nothings
  • Roku-chan Embracing the Sea
  • Horse Racing Anecdotes: Midlife Jump
  • Sea of Pleasure: A Youthful Erotic Novel
  • Kiss the Dream, Roku-chan
  • I Want to Be Called a Happy Horse-Racing Fan
  • Continued Connections: Shadai Farm and Its Companions
  • I Am Anti-Giants
  • Horse Racing Sentiments
  • Horse Racing Dreamscapes
  • Rain Falls on Aoyama Cemetery
  • Northern Stories: Hokkaido Within Tokyo
  • Smile Is Invincible: Giant Baba
  • Blood, Knowledge and Land: The Horse, Yoshida Zenya and Shadai
  • Sound of Life: Suhyun Who Became a Bridge
  • Letters to a Thoroughbred
  • The Famous Horses That Gave Me Life (2 vols.)
  • Haruurara of Kochi Horse Racing

作風・主題

文体
realisticsports literature with non-fictional reporting elementsbiographical/portrait-style narration
頻出モチーフ
horse racingprofessional baseballmiddle-aged male perspectivebiographical portraitsrural vs urban contrast

評価・遺産

A writer known for works on horse racing and professional sports. Noted for biographical accounts of figures related to the Shadai Group and for contributions to sports literature and reportage.

資料所蔵先

  • VIAF: 258066852
  • National Diet Library authority ID: 00109796
  • CiNii Books author ID: DA05396995
  • CiNii Research CRID: 1140845216730883712

豆知識

  • Entered Komazawa University's Faculty of Buddhist Studies but withdrew after one year.
  • Worked in various jobs including pharmaceutical sales, bartender, and jewelry company sales.
  • Many works focus on horse racing and professional sports.
  • Won the 2nd Subaru Literary Prize in 1978 for 'My Battlefield'.