is a

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from

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. He won the 21st

Mephisto Prize The is a Japanese literary award for unpublished genre fiction novels, mainly for mystery novels. It was established in 1996 by the editors of ''Mephisto'' magazine and is awarded on an irregular basis. The winning work is published by Kodansha an ...

for ''Flicker Style'', and the 20th

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for ''1000 Novels and Backbeard''. His works have been translated into English, Chinese and Korean.

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and especially

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affected Sato's style.

Works in English translation

;Novel *''Dendera'', trans.

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and Edwin Hawkes ( Haikasoru, 2015) ;Short story *"Gray-Colored Diet Coke" (''

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'' 2, Del Rey, 2009) This is a stand-alone short story and is also the first chapter of his Novel ''Gray-Colored Diet Coke''. The title was named after

's ''Gray-Colored Coke''.

Awards and nominations

* 2001 –

: ''Furikka Shiki'' (''Flicker Style'') (Novel) * 2005 – Nominee for Noma Literary New Face Prize: ''Kodomo-tachi Okoru Okoru Okoru'' (''Children Shout Shit! Shit! Shit!'') (Short story collection) * 2007 – Mishima Yukio Prize: ''Sen no Shosetsu to Bakkubeado'' (''1000 Novels and Backbeard'') (Novel) * 2007 – Nominee for Noma Literary New Face Prize: ''Gray-Colored Diet Coke'' (Novel)

Bibliography

Kagami family series

*Novels ** (

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, Tokyo, 2001) ** (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2001) ** (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2002) ** (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2005) ** (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2009) *Short story collection ** (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2013) *** (2004) *** (2005) *** (2005) *** (2005) *** (2004) *** (2005) *** (2005) *** (2012) *** (2005)

Standalone novels

Some of these books are not novels but collections of linked short stories. * (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2002) * (

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, Tokyo, 2007) * (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2007) **Chapter 1:"Gray-Colored Diet Coke" **Chapter 2:"Red-Colored Moscow Mule" **Chapter 3:"Black-Colored

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" **Chapter 4:"Rainbow-Colored

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" * (

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, Tokyo, 2007) * (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2009) * (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2010) * ( Seikaisha, Tokyo, 2012) * (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2013) *, (Seikaisha, Tokyo, 2015)

Short story collection

* (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2005) ** ** ** ** ** **

Film adaptations

* ''Dendera'' (2011) directed by Daisuke Tengan, the son of Shohei Imamura

References

External links

J'Lit , Authors : Yuya Sato , Books from Japan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Yuya 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese male short story writers Japanese mystery writers Japanese crime fiction writers Yukio Mishima Prize winners Living people 1980 births People from Chitose, Hokkaido Writers from Hokkaido 21st-century Japanese short story writers 21st-century male writers