Chōkitsu Kurumatani
Chōkitsu Kurumatani ( Japanese 車 谷 長 吉 , Kurumatani Chōkitsu , aka: Kurumatani Yoshihiko ( 車 谷 嘉 彦 ); * July 1, 1945 in Shikama , Hyōgo Prefecture (today: Himeji ); † May 17, 2015 in Tōkyō ) was a Japanese writer.
Even in high school, Kurumatani developed the desire to become a writer after reading the works of Natsume Sōseki and Mori Ōgai . He studied German at the Keiō University , reading Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis as the trigger for the choice of course. He worked for an advertising agency and a publishing house as well as an assistant cook in various places in the Kansai region . In 1993 he received the Mishima Prize for Shiotsubo no saji , and two years later the Hirabayashi Taiko Literature Prize for Hyōryūbutsu . In 1998 he was awarded the Naoki Prize for Akame shijūyataki shinjū misui , and in 2001 the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize for Musashimaru .
Works (selection)
- Shiotsubo no saji ( 鹽 壺 の 匙 ) 1992
- Hyōryūbutsu ( 漂流 物 ) 1996
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Akame shijūyataki shinjū misui ( 赤 目 四 十八 瀧 心中 未遂 ) 1998
- Attempted love death , translated by Katja Busson, cass Verlag, Löhne 2011, ISBN 978-3-9809022-6-7
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Musashimaru ( 武 蔵 丸 ) 2000
- Musashimaru , translated by Katja Cassing, cass Verlag, Löhne 2016, ISBN 978-3-944751-11-5
swell
- Japanese Literary History - Modern Japanese Authors, J-M
- La Littérature Japonaise - Kurumatani Chōkitsu
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elena Giannoulis: "Blood as Ink: Mechanisms of Action and Function of Contemporary Shishōsetsu ", Iudicium Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-86205-248-6 , p. 115
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SURNAME | Kurumatani, Chōkitsu |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 車 谷 長 吉 (Japanese); Kurumatani, Yoshihiko (real name); 車 谷 嘉 彦 (Japanese, real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Himeji |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th May 2015 |
Place of death | Tokyo |