Maki Kashimada

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Maki Kashimada
Native name
鹿島田 真希
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Genre
Notable works
  • Nihiki
  • Rokusendo no ai
  • Pikarudi no sando
  • Meido meguri
Notable awards

Maki Kashimada (鹿島田 真希, Kashimada Maki, born 1976) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Bungei Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.

Early life and education

Kashimada was born in

Shirayuri Women's University after writing a thesis on Julia Kristeva.[3][4]

Career

In 2005 Kashimada won the 18th Mishima Yukio Prize for Rokusendo no ai (Love at Six Thousand Degrees), a story set in Nagasaki and loosely inspired by Marguerite Duras' screenplay for Hiroshima mon amour.[4] In 2007 Kashimada won the 29th Noma Literary Prize for Pikarudī no sando.[5] In 2012, after having her work nominated for the Akutagawa Prize multiple times and almost sharing the award with Akiko Akazome in 2010, Kashimada won the 147th Akutagawa Prize for Meido meguri (Touring the Land of the Dead).[6][7]

Personal life

Kashimada is a member of the

Japanese Orthodox Church and is married to a member of the clergy.[8][9]

Recognition

Works

In Japanese

In English

References

  1. ^ "芥川賞に鹿島田真希氏の「冥土めぐり」". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. Asahi Shimbun
    . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "白百合女子大で作家ら１２人が登壇". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). January 24, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. ^ a b 構成, 松浦泉 (July 18, 2005). "今月のひと". Subaru (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on July 18, 2005. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Authors: Maki Kashimada". Books From Japan. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "第147回「芥川賞」に鹿島田真希氏の『冥土めぐり』 「直木賞」に辻村深月氏の『鍵のない夢を見る』". Oricon News (in Japanese). July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. Asahi Shimbun
    (in Japanese). July 17, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. ^ Markin Powell, Allison (November 10, 2016). "10 Books by Japanese Women We'd Love to See in English". Literary Hub. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "『冥土めぐり』の鹿島田真希さん インタビュー". e-Hon (in Japanese). October 1, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "文藝 文藝賞受賞作" (in Japanese). Kawade Shobo Shinsha. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "三島由紀夫賞 過去の受賞作品" (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  12. ^ "野間文芸新人賞 過去受賞作" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  13. ^ "芥川賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  14. ^ Ichikawa, Makoto (September 11, 2011). "Waseda Bungaku's charity project: Japan Earthquake Charity Literature". Waseda Bungaku. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  15. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  16. ^ Cheuk, Leland (March 13, 2023). "'Love at Six Thousand Degrees' is a refreshing inversion of the trauma narrative". NPR.
  17. ^ Fincher, Alison (2023-03-10). ""Love at Six Thousand Degrees" by Maki Kashimada". Retrieved 2023-06-23.
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