Yuka Ishii
- Waseda University
- University of Tokyo
- Akutagawa Prize
- Shincho Prize for New Writers
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
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
- 2017: 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers[6]
- 2018: 158th Akutagawa Prize (2017下)[11]
Works
- Hyakunen doro, Shinchosha, 2018, ISBN 9784103515319
References
- ^ "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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- 1935: Tatsuzō Ishikawa / None
- 1936: Oda Takeo and Tsuruta Tomoya / Jun Ishikawa and Tomisawa Uio
- 1937: Ozaki Kazuo / Ashihei Hino
- 1938: Nakayama Gishū / Nakazato Tsuneko
- 1939: Handa Yoshiyuki and Hase Ken / Samukawa Kotaro
- 1940: None / Sakurada Tsunehisa
- 1941: Tada Yukei / Shibaki Yoshiko
- 1942: None / Kuramitsu Toshio
- 1943: Ishizuka Kikuzo / Tonobe Kaoru
- 1944: Yagi Yoshinori and Ono Juzo / Shimizu Motoyoshi
- 1949: Kotani Tsuyoshi and Yuki Shigeko / Yasushi Inoue
- 1950: Tsuji Ryoichi / None
- 1951: Abe Kōbō and Ishikawa Toshimitsu / Hotta Yoshie
- 1952: None / Gomi Kosuke and Matsumoto Seichō
- 1953: Shōtarō Yasuoka / None
- 1954: Yoshiyuki Junnosuke / Kojima Nobuo and Shono Junzo
- 1955: Shūsaku Endō / Shintaro Ishihara
- 1956: Kondō Keitarō / None
- 1957: Kikumura Itaru / Takeshi Kaikō
- 1958: Kenzaburō Ōe / None
- 1959: Shiba Shiro / None
- 1960: Morio Kita / Miura Tetsuo
- 1961: None / Kōichirō Uno
- 1962: Kawamura Akira / None
- 1963: Goto Kiichi and Kōno Taeko / Tanabe Seiko
- 1964: Shiba Shou / None
- 1965: Tsumura Setsuko / Takai Yuichi
- 1966: None / Maruyama Kenji
- 1967: Oshiro Tatsuhiro / Kashiwabara Hyozo
- 1968: Maruya Saiichi and Oba Minako / None
- 1969: Shoji Kaoru and Takubo Hideo / KiyookaTakayuki
- 1970: Yoshida Tomoko and Komao Furuyama / Yoshikichi Furui
- 1971: None / Kaisei Ri and Mineo Higashi
- 1972: Hiroshi Hatayama and Akio Miyahara / Michiko Yamamoto and Shizuko Go
- 1973: Taku Miki / Kuninobu Noro and Atsushi Mori
- 1974: None / Keizo Hino and Hiro Sakata
- 1975: Kyoko Hayashi / Kenji Nakagami and Kazuo Okamatsu
- 1976: Ryū Murakami / None
- 1977: Masahiro Mita and Masuo Ikeda / Teru Miyamoto and Shuzo Taki
- 1978: Kiichiro Takahashi and Michitsuna Takahashi / None
- 1979: Yoshiko Shigekane and So Aono / Reiko Mori
- 1980: None / Katsuhiko Otsuji
- 1981: Rie Yoshiyuki / None
- 1982: None / Yukiko Kato and Jūrō Kara
- 1983: None / Jun Kasahara and Nobuko Takagi
- 1984: None / Satoko Kizaki
- 1985: None / Fumiko Kometani
- 1986: None / None
- 1987: Kiyoko Murata / Natsuki Ikezawa and Kiyohiro Miura
- 1988: Man Arai / Keishi Nagi and Lee Yangji
- 1989: None / Akira Ooka and Mieko Takizawa
- 1990: Noboru Tsujihara / Yōko Ogawa
- 1991: Yo Henmi and Anna Ogino / Eiko Matsumura
- 1992: Tomomi Fujiwara / Yoko Tawada
- 1993: Haruhiko Yoshimeki / Hikaru Okuizumi
- 1994: Mitsuhiro Muroi and Yoriko Shono / None
- 1995: Kazushi Hosaka / Matayoshi Eiki
- 1996: Hiromi Kawakami / Hitonari Tsuji and Miri Yu
- 1997: Shun Medoruma / None
- 1998: Mangetsu Hanamura and Shu Fujisawa / Keiichiro Hirano
- 1999: None / Gengetsu and Chiya Fujino
- 2000: Kō Machida and Hisaki Matsuura / Yuichi Seirai and Toshiyuki Horie
- 2001: Sokyu Genyu / Yu Nagashima
- 2002: Shuichi Yoshida / Tamaki Daido
- 2003: Man'ichi Yoshimura / Risa Wataya and Hitomi Kanehara
- 2004: Norio Mobu / Kazushige Abe
- 2005: Fuminori Nakamura / Akiko Itoyama
- 2006: Takami Itō / Nanae Aoyama
- 2007: Tetsushi Suwa / Mieko Kawakami
- 2008: Yang Yi / Kikuko Tsumura
- 2009: Ken'ichirō Isozaki / None
- 2010: Akiko Akazome / Mariko Asabuki and Kenta Nishimura
- 2011: None / Toh EnJoe and Shinya Tanaka
- 2012: Maki Kashimada / Natsuko Kuroda
- 2013: Kaori Fujino / Hiroko Oyamada
- 2014: Tomoka Shibasaki / Masatsugu Ono
- 2015: Keisuke Hada and Naoki Matayoshi / Yusho Takiguchi and Yukiko Motoya
- 2016: Sayaka Murata / Sumito Yamashita
- 2017: Shinsuke Numata / Chisako Wakatake and Yuka Ishii
- 2018: Hiroki Takahashi / Takahiro Ueda and Ryōhei Machiya
- 2019: Natsuko Imamura / Makoto Furukawa
- 2020: Haruka Tono and Haneko Takayama / Rin Usami
- 2021: Li Kotomi and Mai Ishizawa / Bunji Sunakawa
- 2022: Junko Takase / Iko Idogawa and Atsushi Satō
- 2023: Saō Ichikawa / Rie Qudan