is a

Japanese author This is an alphabetical list of writers who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language. Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name to ensure consistency although some ...

, translator, and scholar of French literature.

Biography

Horie was born in

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

, and studied at

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, where he is now a professor of creative writing. He studied for three years at the University of Paris III on a French government scholarship. Horie, who is also a member of many literary prize selection committees, is a critic and translator of authors including

Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how ...

Hervé Guibert Hervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer and photographer. The author of numerous novels and autobiographical studies, he played a considerable role in changing French public attitudes to HIV/AIDS. He was a ...

Michel Rio Michel Rio (born 1945) is a French writer and novelist. Born in Brittany, he was raised in Madagascar and currently lives in Paris. He studied semiology and published his first novel in 1972. Although he was well-received by critics and has won ...

, and

Jacques Réda Jacques Réda (born 24 January 1929 in Lunéville) is a French poet, jazz critic, and ''flâneur''. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1983, and was chief editor of the ''Nouvelle Revue Française ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' (; "The ...

. His books have been translated into French, Korean, and English.

Books (selection)

*Kōgai e (郊外へ, "To the Suburbs"), 1995 * Shigosen wo motomete (子午線を求めて, "In Search of the Meridian"), 2000 * Kakareru te (書かれる手, "The Hand Which is Written"), 2000 *Kuma no shikiishi (熊の敷石, "The Bear and the Paving Stone"), 2000

Prizes

* 1999

Mishima Yukio Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented annually. It was established in 1988 in memory of author Yukio Mishima. The Mishima Yukio Prize is explicitly intended for work that "breaks new ground for the future of literature," and prize winners te ...

for ''Oparavan'' (おぱらばん) * 2001

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 ...

for ''Kuma no shikiishi'' (The Bear And The Paving Stone, 熊の敷石) * 2004

Tanizaki Prize The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 ''Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō''), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō K� ...

for ''Yukinuma to sono shūhen'' (Yukinuma and Its Environs, 雪沼とその周辺) * 2005

Yomiuri Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, a ...

for ''Kagan bōjitsushō'' * 2010 Yomiuri Prize, Section for Essay & Travelogue, for ''Seigen Kyokusen'' (正弦曲線, "Sine Curve") * 2012 Sei Itō Literary Prize for Nazuna (なずな) * 2013 Mainichi Book Review Prize for ''Furiko de kotoba wo saguru yō ni'' (振り子で言葉を探るように, "Like Fumbling for Words with a Pendulum")

References

External links

Toshiyuki Horie
at J'Lit Books from Japan

at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)

Interview

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