Waseda Literary Newcomer Award わせだぶんがくしんじんしょう
Edition 2 (1985)
Winners
3 peopleA prizewinning debut piece that layers the presence of trees and rain to depict a young sensibility meeting the outside world. Within its damp imagery, solitude and change gradually surface.
樹雨 illuminates human memory and feeling through the symbolic force carried by its title.
An early work that uses a dream lasting longer than night to portray youthful anxiety and longing. The desire to escape reality crosses with the sense of being pulled back into it.
夜よりも長い夢 illuminates human memory and feeling through the symbolic force carried by its title.
A debut-prize work built around the image of flowers connecting past and present. It brings together classical resonance and contemporary feeling while tracing memory and aesthetic awareness.
古今の花 illuminates human memory and feeling through the symbolic force carried by its title.