Mariko Asabuki
Mariko Asabuki | |
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| Native name | 朝吹 真理子 |
| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Fiction |
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Mariko Asabuki (朝吹 真理子, Asabuki Mariko) is a Japanese writer. Her novels have won the Akutagawa Prize and the Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize, and she was named one of Vogue Japan's 2011 Women of the Year.
Early life
[edit]Asabuki was born in 1984 in Tokyo, Japan, into a literary family that has lived in Tokyo since the Meiji period.[1] Her father, Ryoji Asabuki, is a poet, and several other relatives are literary scholars and translators.[2] Asabuki started writing stories at the age of 3.[3] She attended an all-girls high school in Tokyo.[1]
Career
[edit]Asabuki entered graduate school at Keio University to study modern kabuki.[4] In 2009 her first novel, Ryūseki (Ruins), was published in the literary magazine Shinchō.[5] In the following year Ryūseki won the Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize and was published in book form by Shinchosha.[6] In 2011, while Asabuki was still a Keio University graduate student, her second novel, titled Kikotowa, was published. Kikotowa won the 144th Akutagawa Prize,[2] and Vogue Japan named Asabuki one of its 2011 Women of the Year.[3] She later completed a master's degree.[7] In 2016 she began serializing a new novel, titled TIMELESS, in Shinchō.[8] From 2016 to 2017 Asabuki wrote the regular "＃明日何着よう" ("What Should I Wear Tomorrow?) column for Asahi Shimbun.[9] In 2018 Shinchosha published TIMELESS as a book.
Asabuki's first nonfiction book, a collection of essays written within the previous decade, was published under the title Hikidashi no naka no Umi (lit. The Sea in the Drawer, 抽斗のなかの海) by Chuokoron-Shinsha in 2019. According to Asabuki, the title comes from a fantasy that the back of her desk drawer is connected to the sea, which helps her imagine her work reaching other people even when she writes alone.[10] Writing for the Yomiuri Shimbun, novelist Sayaka Murata described the book's essays as feeling almost like short stories, and the resulting work as a "treasure".[11]
Asabuki regularly collaborates with other writers, artists, and musicians to create site-specific multimedia performances using readings from her work.[12][13] She has cited Kenzaburo Oe, James Joyce, Mieko Kanai, and Roland Barthes as some of her favorite writers.[3][1] Asabuki is a fan of shogi.[14] She is married to designer Kōtarō Watanabe.[15]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2010: Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize[6]
- 2011: Vogue Japan Woman of the Year[3]
- 2011: 144th Akutagawa Prize (2010下)[16]
Works
[edit]- 流跡 (Ryūseki), Shinchosha, 2010, ISBN 9784103284611
- きことわ (Kikotowa), Shinchosha, 2011, ISBN 9784103284628
- TIMELESS, Shinchosha, 2018, ISBN 9784103284635
- 抽斗のなかの海 (Hikidashi no naka no Umi), Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2019, ISBN 9784120052002
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "東京の子。辛酸なめ子さんと朝吹真理子さんからみた「東京」" (in Japanese). Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Akutagawa Prize for new writers goes to Keio student, Tokyo man". Japan Times. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Women of the year 2011". Vogue Japan (in Japanese). 26 December 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Discovering new authors". Japan Times. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 流跡/Ryūseki. OCLC. OCLC 953422780. Retrieved 1 July 2018 – via WorldCat.
- ^ a b "Bunkamura Les Deux Magots Literature Award". Bunkamura. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Authors: Mariko Asabuki". Books from Japan. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 朝吹, 真理子 (23 June 2017). "服に言葉に、巡りゆく「春」". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 朝吹, 真理子. "＃明日何着よう" (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 篠原, 諄也 (10 September 2019). "朝吹真理子さん初のエッセイ集「抽斗のなかの海」インタビュー 失神したほど敬愛する作家への思い". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Murata, Sayaka (10 November 2019). "抽斗のなかの海…朝吹真理子著 中央公論新社". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
ほとんど小説のように感じられる短文の数々が、私には宝物に思え、この本のことはテーブルに放ったりできず、いつもそっと持ち上げる。
- ^ "Evening No. 6 – Mariko Asabuki along with Tomoko Sauvage, Timeless". Centre Pompidou-Metz. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Date, Natsume (17 December 2014). "'Entrance/Exit' shows the way for new arts fest". Japan Times. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "新芥川賞作家、新境地の舞台に選んだのは…!?". TV Asahi News (in Japanese). TV Asahi. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞作家・朝吹真理子さん ７年の沈黙を破って世に問う「永遠」". Sankei News (in Japanese). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
