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Hitomi Kanehara

Hitomi Kanehara(Kim nguyên ひとみ,Kanehara Hitomi,born August 8, 1983)is aJapanesenovelist.Her novelHebi ni piasu(Snakes and Earrings) won the Shōsetsu Subaru Literary Prize and theAkutagawa Prize,and sold over a million copies in Japan. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide.

Hitomi Kanehara
Native name
Kim nguyên ひとみ
Born(1983-08-08)August 8, 1983(age 41)
OccupationNovelist
LanguageJapanese
GenreFiction,short story
Notable works
  • Hebi ni piasu( xà にピアス)
  • Torippu torappu(トリップトラップ)
  • Mazãzu(マザーズ)
Notable awards

Early life

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Kanehara was born inTokyo,Japan. During elementary school she spent a year inSan Franciscowith her father.[1]At age 11, she dropped out of school, and at age 15 she left home.[2][3]After leaving home, Kanehara pursued her passion for writing. Her father,Mizuhito Kanehara,a literaryprofessorandtranslatorofchildren's literature,continued to support her.

Career

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Kanehara wrote her first novel,Hebi ni piasu(Snakes and Earrings), at the age of 21. The novel won the Shōsetsu Subaru Literary Prize and theAkutagawa Prize(judged by novelistRyū Murakami), and became a Japanese bestseller, going on to sell more than one million copies.[4][5]Kanehara and fellow 2003Akutagawa PrizehonoreeRisa Watayaremain the youngest people ever to receive theAkutagawa Prize.[6]In the same year that she won theAkutagawa Prize,Kanehara got married.[7]

Kanehara's novelAutofiction,with a story that unfolds inreverse chronological order,was published in Japan in 2006. In 2007 an English version ofAutofiction,translated by David James Karashima, was published byVintage Booksunder the same name,[8]and her novelHaidora(Hydra) appeared in print in Japan. A film adaptation ofHebi ni piasu,directed byYukio Ninagawaand starringYuriko Yoshitakain the lead role, premiered in 2008.[9]Kanehara's novelTorippu torappu(TRIP TRAP) was published in 2009, and won the 2010 Sakunosuke Oda Prize.[10]

When theFukushima Daiichi nuclear disasteroccurred in 2011, Kanehara leftTokyoforOkayamaout of concerns about the effects ofradiationon her children.[11]In 2012 she moved toFrance,and her bookMazāzu(Mothers) won the Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Prize.[11]While living in France with her husband and two daughters,[7][12]Kanehara wrote several books, includingKeihaku(Flirty) in 2016 andKuraudo gāru(Cloud Girl) in 2017. After living in France for six years, in 2018 she and her family returned to Japan, where her essay collectionPari no Sabaku, Tōkyō no Shinkirō(Paris Desert, Tokyo Mirage), was published in 2020.[13]

Writing style

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Kanehara's early work is known for its graphic depictions ofsexual activity,violence,body modification,pedophilia,anorexia,bulimia,andself-harm.[14][15][16]Kanehara has claimed that her own experiences withself-harmhave inspired her fictional settings and characters, and reviews ofHebi ni piasuandAutofictionregularly focused on her own appearance and behavior.[17][18]A common theme in her work is personal choice, with characters often making choices that place them outside societal norms in order to take control of their own actions and consequences.[19]As Kanehara has explored this theme in her later work in the context of motherhood and family rather than youth and sex, media attention to her work has declined.[18]

Recognition

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  • 2003 Subaru Literary Prize (Shueisha) forHebi ni piasu(Snakes and Earrings)[4]
  • 2004 130th Akutagawa Prize (2003 hạ ) forHebi ni piasu(Snakes and Earrings)[6]
  • 2010 Sakunosuke Oda Prize forTorippu Torappu(Trip Trap)[10][20]
  • 2012 Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Prize forMazāzu(Mothers)[11]
  • 2020 Watanabe Junichi Literary Prize forAntarakusha(Ataraxia)[21]
  • 2021 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize forAnsōsharudisutansu(Unsocial Distance)[22]

Films and other adaptations

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  • Hebi ni piasu(Snakes and Earrings), 2008[9]

Bibliography

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Books in Japanese

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  • Hebi ni piasu(Snakes and earrings), Shūeisha, 2004,ISBN9784087746839
  • Ash Baby,Shūeisha, 2004,ISBN9784087747010
  • AMEBIC,Shūeisha, 2005,ISBN9784087747690
  • Autofiction,Shūeisha, 2006,ISBN9784087753646
  • Hydra,Shinchosha, 2007,ISBN9784103045311
  • Hoshi e ochiru,Shūeisha, 2007,ISBN9784087748970
  • Torippu Torappu(Trip Trap), Kadokawa Shoten, 2009,ISBN9784048740128
  • Yūutsutachi,Bungei Shunju, 2009,ISBN9784163285207
  • Mazāzu(Mothers), Shinchōsha, 2011,ISBN9784103045328
  • Marriage Marriage,Shinchōsha, 2012,ISBN9784103045335
  • Motazaru mono(The Have-Nots), Shūeisha, 2015,ISBN9784087716061
  • Keihaku(Flirty) Shinchōsha, 2016,ISBN9784103045342
  • Kuraudo gāru(Cloud Girl), Asahi Shimbun, 2017,ISBN9784022514448
  • Antarakusha(Ataraxia),Shūeisha, 2019,ISBN9784087711844
  • Pari no sabaku, Tōkyō no shinkirō(Parisien Deserts, Tokyo Mirage), 2020, Hōmusha,ISBN9784834253375
  • Fishy,2020, Asahi Shinbun Shuppan,ISBN9784022517135
  • Ansōsharudisutansu(Unsocial Distance), 2021, Shinchōsha,ISBN9784103045359
  • Mītsu za wārudo(Meets the world), 2022, Shūeisha,ISBN9784087717778
  • Dekurinezon(Déclinaison), 2022, Hōmusha,ISBN9784834253610
  • Hara o sukaseta yūshadomo(The hungry brave), 2023, Kawadeshobō,ISBN9784309031064
  • Hajikete mazare(Burst Open and Mix), 2023, Kōdansha,ISBN9784065333389

Selected work in English

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References

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  1. ^Onishi, Norimitsu (March 27, 2004)."Just 20, She Captures Altered Japan in a Debut Novel".The New York Times.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  2. ^"Hitomi Kanehara".Penguin UK.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  3. ^Onishi, Norimitsu (June 6, 2004)."An Aging Island Embraces Japan's Young Dropouts".The New York Times.RetrievedJanuary 6,2010.
  4. ^ab"すばる văn học thưởng".Shueisha(in Japanese). Archived fromthe originalon July 31, 2018.RetrievedJune 21,2018.
  5. ^Thorne, Matt,Autofiction, By Hitomi Kanehara, trans David James Karashima,The Independent,29 February 2008, Accessed 7 May 2008
  6. ^abAshby, Janet (March 4, 2004)."New Akutagawa winners offer hope".The Japan Times.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  7. ^ab"Giới xuyên thưởng W thụ thưởng から13 niên miên thỉ りさ× kim nguyên ひとみ đối đàm".AERAdot (Asahi Shimbun(in Japanese). February 7, 2017.RetrievedJune 22,2018.
  8. ^Flynn, Chris (December 3, 2009)."Autofiction by Hitomi Kanehara (review)".Australian Broadcasting Corporation.RetrievedJune 22,2018.
  9. ^ab"Xà にピアス".Ánh họa.com(in Japanese). September 9, 2008.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  10. ^ab"これまでの chức điền tác chi trợ thưởng thụ thưởng tác nhất lãm 1984～2013 niên"(PDF).Đại phản văn học chấn hưng hội (Osaka Literature Promotion Institute)(in Japanese).RetrievedJune 22,2018.
  11. ^abc"Đệ 22 hồi Bunkamuraドゥマゴ văn học thưởng thụ thưởng tác phẩm".Bunkamura(in Japanese). November 21, 2012.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  12. ^Sato, Kuriko (May 30, 2016)."Kim nguyên ひとみインタビュー “Sơ めてハッピーエンドを thư いたという khí trì ち” ".Numero(in Japanese).RetrievedJune 22,2018.
  13. ^"Kim nguyên ひとみさん “パリの sa mạc, đông kinh の thận khí lâu” インタビュー quai ly の trung に tồn tại する tự phân ".Asahi Books(in Japanese). June 25, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 26,2022.
  14. ^Aoyama, Tomoko (2008).Reading Food in Modern Japanese Literature.University of Hawaii Press. p. 207.ISBN9780824832858.
  15. ^Otomo, Rio (2009). "Chapter 9: A girl with her writing machine". In Aoyama, Tomoko; Hartley, Barbara (eds.).Girl Reading Girl in Japan.Routledge. pp. 130–142.ISBN9780415547420.
  16. ^Hartley, Barbara (2016). "Chapter 6: Feminism and Japanese Literature". In Hutchinson, Rachael; Morton, Leith Douglas (eds.).Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese Literature.Routledge. pp. 82–94.ISBN9781317647720.
  17. ^Hansen, Gitte Marianne (2015).Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan: Navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture.Routledge. p. 143.ISBN9781317444398.
  18. ^abHolloway, David (June 8, 2018). "Kanehara Hitomi's Comfortable Anonymity". In Miller, Laura; Copeland, Rebecca (eds.).Diva Nation: Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History.University of California Press.ISBN9780520969971.
  19. ^Neustatter, Angela (May 29, 2005)."With a rebel yell".The Guardian.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  20. ^"Hitomi Kanehara".Books from Japan.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  21. ^"Kim nguyên ひとみ『アタラクシア』, độ biên thuần nhất văn học thưởng を thụ thưởng".Real Sound｜リアルサウンド ブック(in Japanese). 2020-04-04.Retrieved2023-11-09.
  22. ^"Cốc kỳ nhuận nhất lang thưởng に kim nguyên ひとみさん “アンソーシャル ディスタンス”… “コロナ họa に chân chính diện から hướng き hợp っている” ".Đọc mại tân văn オンライン(in Japanese). 2021-08-23.Retrieved2023-11-09.
  23. ^Kanehara, Hitomi (June 12, 2015). "Mambo". In Emmerich, Michael; Hinks, Jim; Matsuie, Masashi (eds.).The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction.Comma Press.ISBN9781905583577.
  24. ^Kanehara, Hitomi (October 10, 2015)."Delira".Granta.Translated by Bradley, Dan.RetrievedJune 15,2018.
  25. ^Kanehara, Hitomi (November 11, 2020)."Paris Desert, Tokyo Mirage".Granta.Translated by Giles, Morgan.RetrievedJanuary 20,2021.
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