Tomoka Shibasaki

Tomoka Shibasaki (柴崎 友香, Shibasaki Tomoka, born October 20, 1973) is a Japanese writer from Osaka. She has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize and the Akutagawa Prize, and two of her works have been adapted for film.

Tomoka Shibasaki
Native name
柴崎 友香
Born (1973-10-20) October 20, 1973
Osaka, Japan
OccupationNovelist
LanguageJapanese
Alma materOsaka Prefecture University
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • Haru no niwa (春の庭)
  • Sono machi no ima wa (その街の今は)
  • Kyō no dekigoto (きょうのできごと)
Notable awards
Website
Novelist: Tomoka Shibasaki

Career

Shibasaki was born in Osaka. She graduated from Osaka Prefecture University and held an office job for four years while writing fiction.[1] In 1999 she published her first short story, "Reddo, ierō, orenji, burū" ("Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue").[2] Her first novel, Kyō no dekigoto (A Day on the Planet), was published the next year. In 2003 Kyō no dekigoto was adapted by Isao Yukisada into a film of the same name.[3]

In 2006 Shibasaki won a MEXT Award for New Artists for Sono machi no ima wa (Today, in that City), which was then nominated in 2007 for the Akutagawa Prize, but did not win.[4] In 2010 she won the Noma Literary New Face Prize for Nete mo samete mo, a first-person story about a woman who falls in love, loses her boyfriend, then meets a man who looks identical to her disappeared boyfriend but acts completely differently.[5][6] In 2014, after having her work nominated three more times for the Akutagawa Prize, Shibasaki finally won the 151st Akutagawa Prize for her novel Haru no niwa (Spring Garden).[7]

In 2016 the Japan Foundation sponsored her residency in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.[8] The following year, an English translation of her Akutagawa Prize-winning novel Haru no niwa was published by Pushkin Press under the title Spring Garden.[9] In 2018 Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's film adaptation of Nete mo samete mo, titled Asako I & II, entered the competition at the Cannes Film Festival.[10]

Recognition

Film adaptations
  • A Day on the Planet (きょうのできごと, Kyō no dekigoto), 2003[3]
  • Asako I & II, 2018[10]

Bibliography

Books in Japanese
  • Nijiiro to kun, Chikuma Shobo, 2015, ISBN 9784480432599
  • Haru no niwa (Spring Garden), Bungei Shunju, 2014, ISBN 9784163901015
  • Watashi ga inakatta machi de (In Cities Before My Time), Shinchosha, 2012, ISBN 9784103018322
  • Shudaika, Kodansha, 2011, ISBN 9784062769068
  • Birijian (Viridian), Mainichi Shinbun, 2011, ISBN 9784620107653
  • Nete mo samete mo, Kawade Shobo, 2010, ISBN 9784309020051
  • Dorīmāzu (Dreamers), 2009, ISBN 9784062156837
  • Hoshi no shirushi, Bungei Shojo, 2008, ISBN 9784163274805
  • Furutaimu raifu (Full-time Life), Kawade Shobo, 2008, ISBN 9784309409351
  • Shotokatto (Shortcut), Kawade Shobo, 2007, ISBN 9784309408361
  • Sono machi no ima wa (Today, in that City), Shinchosha, 2006, ISBN 9784103018315
  • Kyō no dekigoto (A Day on the Planet), Kawade Shobo, 2000, ISBN 9784309407111

Selected work translated in English

References
  1. "Japan/America: Writers' Dialogue". Asia Society. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. "Tomoka Shibasaki". Books from Japan. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. "きょうのできごと a day on the planet". Cinema Today. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  4. "芸術選奨歴代受賞者一覧（昭和25年度～）" (PDF). Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  5. "野間三賞の受賞作品がそれぞれ発表、野間文芸新人賞に柴崎友香と円城塔". Cinra.net (in Japanese). November 5, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  6. Schilling, Mark (September 5, 2018). "Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Cannes submission tackles the difficulties of relationships". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  7. "Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards go to Shibasaki, Kurokawa". The Japan Times. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  8. "SHIBASAKI Tomoka". International Writing Program. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  9. Moloney, Iain (June 10, 2017). "'Spring Garden': A masterful look at loneliness and malaise in Tokyo". The Japan Times. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  10. Dalton, Stephen (May 14, 2018). "'Asako I & II' ('Netemo sametemo'): Film Review Cannes 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  11. "野間文芸新人賞". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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