Risa Wataya
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Risa Wataya ( Japanese 綿 矢 り さ , Wataya Risa , civil: Risa Yamada ( 山田 梨 沙 , Yamada Risa ); born February 1, 1984 in Kyōto ) is a Japanese writer.
At the age of 19 she received the Akutagawa Prize for her novel Keritai Senaka and, together with Hitomi Kanehara, is one of the most successful authors of the younger generation. The German translation of the title by Sabine Mangold was published by Carlsen Verlag in February 2007 under the title Behind your door made of paper . An English translation, although a bestseller in Japan, was only published in 2015 by the small publisher One Peace Books in New York City. Her debut novel Insutōru was filmed in 2004 for Kawaisō da ne? she received the Ōe Kenzaburō Prize in 2012 .
In 2011 she went on a reading tour in Germany at the invitation of the Harbourfront Literature Festival Hamburg.
Works (selection)
- 2001 Insutōru ( イ ン ス ト ー ル ), ISBN 4-309-01437-2
- 2003 Keritai senaka ( 蹴 り た い 背 中 ), ISBN 4-309-01570-0
- 2007 Behind your paper door , translated by Sabine Mangold , Hamburg, Carlsen, ISBN 978-3-55-158163-1
- 2007 Yume o ataeru ( 夢 を 与 え る ), ISBN 978-4-309-01804-1
- 2010 Katte ni furuetero ( 勝 手 に ふ る え て ろ ), ISBN 978-4-16-329640-1
- 2011 Kawaisō da ne? ( か わ い そ う だ ね？ ), ISBN 978-4-16-380950-2
- 2012 Hiraite ( ひ ら い て ), ISBN 978-4-10-332621-2
- 2012 Shōga no aji wa atsui ( し ょ う が の 味 は 熱 い ), ISBN 978-4-16-387870-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ The messy, lonesome worlds of Risa Wataya , The Japan Times March 28, 2015, accessed June 6 2015
- ↑ Women become youngest recipients of literary award. The Japan Times, January 16, 2004, accessed July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Insutôru in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on July 14, 2019.
- ^ Novelist Wataya wins Kenzaburo Oe Prize after long drought. The Mainichi, April 7, 2012, archived from the original on November 28, 2012 ; Retrieved January 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Day of Japanese Culture as part of the Harbourfront Literature Festival Hamburg and the anniversary "150 years of friendship between Japan and Germany" , Consulate of Japan in Hamburg, accessed June 6, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wataya, Risa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 綿 矢 り さ (Japanese); 山田 梨 沙 (real name, Japanese); Yamada Risa (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st February 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyoto , Japan |