Red Circle Authors

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Red Circle Authors is a British publisher based in London that specializes in Japanese fiction.

background

Red Circle Authors was founded in 2016 by Richard Nathan and Koji Chikatani with the aim of promoting Japan's best fiction abroad. The Gutai group was the inspiration for founding Red Circle Authors.

The Red Circle authors currently include Kazufumi Shiraishi , Fuminori Nakamura , Mitsuyo Kakuta , Takuji Ichikawa and Roger Pulvers .

Currently only a small number of the works by Red Circle authors are available in translation outside of Japan, although they have won numerous literary prizes in Japan, for example the Naoki Prize ( Mitsuyo Kakuta 2005, Kazufumi Shiraishi 2010) and the Akutagawa Prize ( Fuminori Nakamura 2005) ; and many works have already been released in film and television versions.

Some of the group's authors have already built a solid reputation in Asia (in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Thailand, among others) and are starting to win international literary awards. Fuminori Nakamura, for example, won the David L. Goodis Prize in 2014.

Imprint and series

Red Circle Authors publishes under the imprint Red Circle.

Red Circle Authors started this imprint and the publishing program on November 23, 2018 with the publication of the first series Red Circle Minis and the delivery of the first three Minis:

Stand-In Companion by Kazufumi Shiraishi, Backlight by Kanji Hanawa and Tokyo Performance by Roger Pulvers.

Reviewers described the works as an homage to textual brevity in book form, a long-standing tradition in Japan.

activities

Red Circle Authors is administered from London. The group also has an office in Tokyo. The group promotes the carefully curated selection of Japanese and Japan-based authors to the international publishing world and readership.

In addition to its books program, Red Circle also publishes a magazine on The Circle website , which offers news, analysis and opinions on topics related to Japanese literature, culture, the book industry and publishing.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Japanese Writers' House, Red Circle Team Up . In: AuthorLink: Writers & Readers Magazine , June 30, 2017. 
  2. ↑ Kris Kosaka: Red Circle Authors: Sending Japanese literature westward . In: The Japan Times , December 22, 2018. 
  3. ↑ Richard Charkin: Nine Lessons From a Small indie publishers . In: Publishing Perspectives , February 13, 2019. 
  4. ↑ 日本 の 書 き 下 ろ し 小説 、 英 で 出版 現代 文学 を 世界 に 紹 介 . In: Yahoo News Japan , February 20, 2019. 
  5. ↑ Red Circle Authors: Sending Japanese literature westward . 22nd December 2018.
  6. ^ Profile of Mitsuyo Kakuta 角 角 代 listing film & television adaptations . Foundation for the Advancement of Juvenile Education in Japan.
  7. ↑ Richard Nathan: 'Just Only Love' the fifth Mitsuyo Kakuta book-to-film adaptation out on general release . 19th April 2019.
  8. ↑ Kazufumi Shiraishi's rising international profile . 22nd November 2017.
  9. ^ Profile of Fuminori Nakamura . Foundation for the Advancement of Juvenile Education in Japan.
  10. ↑ In Letter: Mysteries . In: The Wall Street Journal , March 17, 2012. 
  11. ↑ 日本 の 書 き 下 ろ し 小説 、 英 で 出版 . In: Kyodo News (In Japanese) , February 20, 2019. 
  12. ^ Red Circle's Publishing Programs . Red Circle Authors.
  13. ↑ Peter Tasker: Bull market in bungaku highlights Japanese literary revival . In: Nikkei Asia Review , January 28, 2019. 
  14. ↑ Kazufumi Shiraishi: Stand-In Companion . Red Circle Authors, United Kingdom 2018, ISBN 1912864002 .
  15. ↑ Nicolas Gattig: Androids, infertility and ethics collide in Kazufumi Shiraishi's dystopian 'stand-in Companion' . In: The Japan Times , January 26, 2019. 
  16. ^ Review of Stand-In Companion . November 27, 2018.
  17. ↑ Lisette Gebhardt: The philosophical paradigm in contemporary Japanese literature . 4th April 2019.
  18. ↑ Kanji Hanawa: Backlight . Red Circle Authors, United Kingdom 2018, ISBN 1912864045 .
  19. ↑ Review backlight . November 27, 2018.
  20. ↑ Roger Pulvers: Tokyo Performance . Red Circle Authors, United Kingdom 2018, ISBN 1912864029 .
  21. ↑ Review of Tokyo Performance by Roger Pulvers . Books on Asia.
  22. ^ Hans Rollmann: Small Books for Big Brains: Red Circle Minis' Pocket-sized Japanese Fiction . In: PopMatters , March 15, 2019. 
  23. ↑ Will Harris: The Red Circle Minis Collection - Three New Japanese Stories . 17th April 2019.
  24. ^ Richard Nathan: Short Story Writing in Japan: From Nobel Prize winners to AI . 16th March 2019.
  25. ↑ 人 模 様 ： 日本 の 小説 、 海外 に 発 信 リ チ ャ ー ド ・ ネ ー サ ン さ ん ん 、 近 谷 浩 二 さ ん ( Japanese )
  26. ↑ Business Partnership . June 30, 2017.
  27. ↑ It's official: The Red Circle Factbook is now an Encyclopaedia . March 30, 2018.
  28. ↑ The Circle, Red Circle's magazine, designed for everyone interested in Japanese literature, culture and publishing . Red Circle Authors.

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