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Yoshinaga Fujita
was a Japanese novelist and screenwriter. Prizes Fujita was the 125th recipient of the Naoki Prize in 2001 Novels * '' Adrift in Tokyo'' (Japanese title 転々, ''tenten'') * ''A Laughing Frog'' (Warau Kaeru) * ''Territory of Love'' (愛の領分) Screenwriting * '' Adrift in Tokyo'' (Japanese title 転々, ''tenten'') (2007) * ''Shikyū no Kioku'' (2007) * ''Senryokugai Tsūkoku'' (2009) Personal life Fujita was married to fellow Naoki Prize winning novelist Mariko Koike is a Japanese novelist. Biography Mariko Koike is a popular detective and horror novelist. Koike was born in Tokyo and graduated from Seikei University. Her first collection of essays was ''Recommendations to Women of the World'' and it became ... from 1984 until his death in 2020.The Japan Times, Sunday August 29, 2004 References External links J'Lit , Authors : Yoshinaga Fujita , Books from Japan {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujita, Yoshinaga 1950 births 2020 deaths 21st-century Japanese novelists Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature, the award recognizes "the best work of popular literature in any format by a new, rising, or (reasonably young) established author." The winner receives a watch and one million yen. Kikuchi founded the Naoki Prize with the Akutagawa Prize, which targets a new or rising author of literary fiction. The two prizes are viewed as "two sides of the same coin" and inseparable from one another. Because of the prestige associated with the Naoki Prize and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it, along with the Akutagawa Prize, is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards of recognition. Winners Bungeishunjū maintains the official archive of past Naoki Prize winners. 1st–100th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrift In Tokyo
is a 2007 Japanese film based on a novel by Yoshinaga Fujita. Synopsis Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. Fukuhara makes a proposition: he will cancel the debt as long as Fumiya agrees to take walks through Tokyo, eventually ending up at the police station in Kasumigaseki, where he intends to turn himself in for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. The film is based on the original novel by the 125th Naoki Prize winner Yoshinaga Fujita.Announced July 18th 2001 Japan Weekly Monitor, Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Japan July 23rd 2001 Cast * Joe Odagiri as Fumiya Takemura * Tomokazu Miura as Aiichiro Fukuhara * Kyōko Koizumi as Makiko * Yuriko Yoshitaka as Fufumi Festivals * Udine Far East Festival 2008 * New York Asian Film Festival 2008 * Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival 2008 * Fantasia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Koike
is a Japanese novelist. Biography Mariko Koike is a popular detective and horror novelist. Koike was born in Tokyo and graduated from Seikei University. Her first collection of essays was ''Recommendations to Women of the World'' and it became a bestseller. She has been a novelist since her novel came out in 1986. Several of her novels have been translated in to English by Deborah Boliver Boehm. She lived with her husband writer Yoshinaga Fujita until his death on 30 January 2020. They lived in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Awards *1989 Japan Mystery Writers' Association Prize, for Tsuma no Onnatomodachi (My Wife's Female Friend) *1996 Naoki Prize The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for the ..., for Koi (Love) *1998 Shimase Romance Literary Prize Bibliography *The Graveya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Births
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2020 Deaths
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21st-century Japanese Novelists
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Japanese Crime Fiction Writers
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