Kaori Fujino
- Tsume to me
- Iyashii tori
- Akutagawa Prize
- Bungakukai Prize
Kaori Fujino (藤野 可織, Fujino Kaori) is a Japanese writer from Kyoto. Her work has won the 103rd Bungakukai Prize and the 149th Akutagawa Prize.
Early life and education
Fujino was born in Kyoto in 1980 and lived there through her school years, eventually completing a master's degree at Kyoto's Doshisha University with a thesis on the photographer Ihei Kimura.[1][2] Though she had originally planned to become a museum curator, after graduating Fujino worked a part-time job at a publishing company to support her writing.[3][4]
Career
In 2006 Fujino made her literary debut with the story Iyashii tori, which won the 103rd Bungakukai Prize and was later published in a book of the same title.[5] Her short novel Tsume to me (Nails and Eyes), about a young girl observing the behavior of her father's lover, was published in 2013.[1] Tsume to me won the 149th Akutagawa Prize.[6] Since winning the Akutagawa Prize Fujino has primarily published short stories, many of which have been collected in the 2014 book Fainaru Gāru (Final Girl) and the 2017 book Doresu (Dress).[7]
In 2017 the Japan Foundation sponsored Fujino's residency in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.[8]
Recognition
- 2006 103rd Bungakukai Prize[5]
- 2013 149th Akutagawa Prize (2013上)[9]
Works
Books in Japanese
- Iyashii tori, Bungei Shunjū, 2008, ISBN 9784163274409
- Patorone, Shueisha, 2012, ISBN 9784087714449
- Ohanashishitekochan, Kodansha, 2013, ISBN 9784062186308
- Tsume to me (Nails and Eyes), Shinchosha, 2013, ISBN 9784103345114
- Fainaru gāru (Final Girl), Fusōsha, 2014, ISBN 9784594070281
- Doresu (Dress), Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2017, ISBN 9784309026244
Selected work in English
- "You Okay For Time?", trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori, Granta, 2017[10]
- "Nails and Eyes", trans. Kendall Heitzman, Pushkin Press, 2023, ISBN 978-1-78227-954-9
References
- ^ a b "Fujino wins Akutagawa award; Sakuragi gets Naoki prize". The Japan Times. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "Authors: Kaori Fujino". Books From Japan. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ 瀧井, 朝世 (September 9, 2013). "作品は純文学ながらホラーテイスト──美しい"魔"を放つ芥川賞作家". GQ Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞に藤野可織さんの「爪と目」". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ a b "第103回文學界新人賞発表". Bungakukai (in Japanese). Bunshun. November 7, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "第149回芥川賞に藤野可織さんの「爪と目」が受賞". TV Asahi News (in Japanese). TV Asahi. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ 瀧井, 朝世 (December 16, 2017). "可愛らしくてグロテスクな新刊『ドレス』に翻弄されろ". Bunshun Online (in Japanese). Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "Fujino Kaori 藤野可織 2017 Resident". International Writing Program. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞受賞者一覧". 日本文学振興会 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ Fujino, Kaori (July 10, 2017). "You Okay For Time?". Granta. Translated by Tapley Takemori, Ginny. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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