Yuka Ishii
Yuka Ishii | |
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Native name | 石井 遊佳 |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Hirakata, Osaka, Japan |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Japanese |
Education | |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | Hyakunen doro |
Notable awards |
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Yuka Ishii (石井 遊佳, Ishii Yūka, born 1963) is a Japanese writer. Her book Hyakunen doro (100 Years Mud) won the 154th Akutagawa Prize and the 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers.
Biography
[edit]Ishii was born in Hirakata, Osaka and lived there during her early school years.[1][2] She later moved to Tokyo, where she graduated from Waseda University and worked at a variety of part-time jobs, including department store salesperson and snack hostess, while writing stories in her free time.[3][4] After almost winning a literary prize at age 33 she moved back to her parents' home in Osaka to try writing full-time.[4] In 2000 Ishii returned to Tokyo to pursue graduate study in Buddhism at the University of Tokyo.[5]
In 2014 Ishii moved to Chennai, India, where her husband worked as a Sanskrit language researcher, and she started working as a Japanese language teacher.[6] She made her literary debut at age 54 with her novel Hyakunen doro (100 Years Mud), about the aftermath of a once-in-a-century flood.[7] The story was based on her experiences in Chennai during the 2015 South Indian floods.[8] Hyakunen doro won the 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers.[9] It also won the 158th Akutagawa Prize, which she shared with Chisako Wakatake.[10]
She has named Gabriel García Márquez and Yukio Mishima as two of her favorite authors.[6]
Recognition
[edit]- 2017: 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers[6]
- 2018: 158th Akutagawa Prize (2017下)[11]
Works
[edit]- Hyakunen doro, Shinchosha, 2018, ISBN 9784103515319
References
[edit]- ^ "芥川賞、初候補で栄冠 石井遊佳さんと若竹千佐子さん 直木賞は門井慶喜さん". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). January 17, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ 光墨, 祥吾 (March 3, 2018). "大阪)芥川賞の石井遊佳さん、出身地の枚方市役所を訪問". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "本学部出身の石井遊佳さんが芥川賞を受賞されました" (in Japanese). Waseda University. January 22, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "「何で私がインド住まなあかんねん!」投稿生活から芥川賞作家に…石井遊佳さんの数奇な人生". Hochi Sports (in Japanese). March 20, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "本研究科ご出身の石井遊佳さんが芥川賞を受賞されました" (in Japanese). University of Tokyo. January 18, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ a b c "第49回新潮新人賞 受賞者インタビュー". Shincho (in Japanese). Shinchosha. November 1, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "第158回芥川賞は石井遊佳さん「百年泥」、若竹千佐子さん「おらおらでひとりいぐも」 直木賞は門井慶喜さん「銀河鉄道の父」". Sankei News (in Japanese). January 16, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ 山田, 洋介. "ベストセラーズインタビュー第95回『百年泥』著者・石井遊佳さん". 新刊JP (in Japanese). Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞に若竹千佐子さんと石井遊佳さん 直木賞に門井慶喜さん". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). January 17, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "Chisako Wakatake and Yuka Ishii win Akutagawa literary award; Yoshinobu Kadoi bags Naoki Prize". The Japan Times. January 17, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. January 1, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
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