is a Japanese writer of

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. She has published several novels and short stories, and has been awarded three major Japanese literary prizes. Fujino is a transgender woman who reflects the difficulties of her own life journey in the characterisations of her writing. Many of her characters are social misfits in conflict with the conventions and mores of wider Japanese society. Born in the city of

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, Fujino attended

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. In the 1980s, she worked in a major Japanese publishing house before beginning her own writing career.

Selected works

* ''Gogo no jikanwari'' (Afternoon timetable), 1995 (Winner, 14th Kaien New Novelists Prize) * ''Shonen to shojo no poruka'' oy's and Girl's PolkaBenesse Corporation, 1996; Kodansha, 2000 (paperback) * ''Oshaberi kaidan'' hattyKodansha, 1998; paperback 2001 (Winner, 20th Noma New Writers Prize) * ''Natsu no yakusoku'' ummer promiseKodansha, 2000 (Winner, 122nd

Akutagawa Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes. History The ...

) * ''Ruuto 225'' oute 225Rironsha, 2002; Shinchosha, 2004 (paperback) * "The Housewife and the Police Box" (English translation of "Shufu to koban"), included in ''Tokyo Fragments: Short Stories of Tokyo by Five of Japan's leading Contemporary Writers'' (translated by Giles Murray), IBC Publishing, 2004 * ''Bejitaburu haitsu'' egetable apartmentKobunsha, 2005 * "Her Room" (English translation of "Kanojo no heya"), included in ''Inside and Other Short Fiction - Japanese Women by Japanese Women'' Kodansha, 2006

Print

* "Preface" in ''Tokyo Fragments: Short Stories of Tokyo by Five of Japan's leading Contemporary Writers'' (translated by Giles Murray), IBC Publishing, 2004

References

Online

J'Lit , Authors : Chiya Fujino* , Books from Japan

- English translation of ''Oshaberi kaidan'' hattyand biographical note
News report concerning political controversy over Fujino's 2000 Akutagawa Prize
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