Akiko Akazome
Akiko Akazome | |
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| Native name | 瀬野 晶子 |
| Born | October 31, 1974 Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | September 18, 2017 (aged 42) Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Pen name | 赤染 晶子 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Otome no mikkoku |
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Akiko Akazome (赤染 晶子, Akazome Akiko), born Akiko Seino (瀬野 晶子, Seino Akiko), was a Japanese writer. Akazome won the 143rd Akutagawa Prize and the 99th Bungakukai Prize before her death in 2017.
Biography
[edit]Akazome graduated from the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, where she studied German, in 1996.[1] She entered graduate school at Hokkaido University intending to become an academic, but instead started writing stories that reflected her Kyoto upbringing.[2][3]
In 2004 Akazome won the 99th Bungakukai Prize for her story "Hatsuko-san," which was later published in book form as Utsutsu utsura (うつつ・うつら).[4] Her 2010 book Otome no mikkoku (乙女の密告, The Maiden's Betrayal), about a group of women in a German class reading Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, generated controversy for using a casual writing style to discuss serious subject matter.[5] Otome no mikkoku won the 143rd Akutagawa Prize, with the selection committee praising the use of humor to discuss social problems.[6][7] The next year her book Uonteddo kaijin nijūichimensō (WANTED!!かい人21面相) was published by Bungeishunjū. It was nominated for the Oda Sakunosuke Prize.[8]
Akazome died of acute pneumonia in 2017 at the age of 42.[9]
Recognition
[edit]- 2004 99th Bungakukai Prize[4]
- 2010 143rd Akutagawa Prize (2010上)[10]
Works
[edit]- Utsutsu utsura (うつつ・うつら), Bungeishunjū, 2007, ISBN 9784163259307
- Otome no mikkoku (乙女の密告, The Maiden's Betrayal), Shinchosha, 2010, ISBN 9784103276616
- Uonteddo kaijin nijūichimensō (WANTED!!かい人21面相), Bungeishunjū, 2011, ISBN 9784163807409
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "事！芥川賞受賞の快挙 平成８年度ドイツ語学科卒の赤染さん" (in Japanese). Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "The changing book world". The Japan Times. August 1, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "Authors: Akiko Akazome". Books from Japan. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ a b "第99回文學界新人賞発表". Bungakukai (in Japanese). Bunshun. December 1, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ Coutts, Angela (2014). "Remembering Anne Frank in Japan: Akazome Akiko's Otome no Mikkoku / The Maiden's Betrayal". Contemporary Women's Writing. 8 (1): 71–88. doi:10.1093/cww/vpt002.
- ^ "Akazome, Nakajima win book awards". The Japan Times. July 26, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞に赤染晶子氏、直木賞に中島京子氏". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "赤染晶子さん４２歳＝芥川賞作家". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 11, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "赤染晶子さん、芥川賞作家". Sankei West News (in Japanese). December 11, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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