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Hiroko Oyamada

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Hiroko Oyamada
headshot crop of Oyamada at 2023 LiteratureXchange Festival
Oyamada in 2023
Native name
Tiểu sơn điền hạo tử
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Hiroshima,Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Alma materHiroshima University
GenreFiction,short story
Notable works
Notable awards

Hiroko Oyamada(Tiểu sơn điền hạo tử,Oyamada Hiroko,born 1983)is aJapanese writer.She has won theShincho Prize for New Writers,theOda Sakunosuke Prize,and theAkutagawa Prize.

Early life and education

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Oyamada was born inHiroshimaand remained there throughout her school years, eventually graduating fromHiroshima Universityin 2006 with a degree in Japanese literature.[1][2]After graduation Oyamada changed jobs three times in five years, including her time working for a large factory that manufactured cars; an experience that inspired her debut storyKōjō(Factory), which received the 42nd Shincho Prize for New Writers in 2010.[3]After her debut Oyamada worked a part-time editorial job at a local magazine, but quit after marrying a co-worker.[4]

Influences on her works

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Oyamada's experience with switching jobs and working in a large company manufacturing cars acted as inspiration for her novellaKōjō(Factory).[5]During the creation of one of her other works,Ana(Hole), Oyamada herself had moved to the country side which is reflective of the main character of the novella. In bothKōjōandAna,Oyamada "... came to a dead end, unable to find her way forward," until she was struck with an idea for each through either a trick of the eye or through a dream, allowing her to finish the novellas.[6]

Career

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In 2013 Oyamada won the 30th Oda Sakunosuke Prize for ashort storycollection containing "Kōjō" as the title story.[7]Later that year Oyamada'snovellaAna(Hole), about a woman who falls into a hole, was published in the literary magazineShinchō.[8]Anawon the 150thAkutagawa Prize.[9]One of theAkutagawa Prizejudges, authorHiromi Kawakami,commended Oyamada's ability to write about "fantasy in a reality setting."[10]In 2014 Oyamada received the 5th Hiroshima Cultural Newcomer Award for her cultural contributions.[11]In 2018 Oyamada's third book, a short story collection calledNiwa(Garden), was published byShinchosha.[12][13]

An English edition of "Kōjō", translated by David Boyd, was published byNew Directions Publishingunder the titleThe Factoryin 2019. Writing forThe Wall Street Journal,Sam Sacks noted that the "tonal blandness" of the writing style matched the feeling of repetitive, meaningless office work.[14]In a starred review ofThe FactoryforPublishers Weekly,Gabe Habash praised Oyamada's ability to make the reader experience the same disorientation as the book's main character, concluding that the book would leave readers "reeling and beguiled".[15]

Oyamada has citedFranz KafkaandMario Vargas Llosaas literary influences.[16][4]In his review ofGranta's special issue on Japanese literature, James Hadfield ofThe Japan Timescompared Oyamada's writing to that ofYōko Ogawaand said that her work "suggests good things to come from this promising young writer."[17]

Oyamada lives inHiroshimawith her husband and daughter.[16]

Recognition

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Works

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In Japanese

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  • Kōjō(Factory),Shinchosha,2013,ISBN9784103336419
  • Ana(Hole),Shinchosha,2014,ISBN9784103336426
  • Niwa(Garden),Shinchosha,2018,ISBN9784103336433
  • Kojima(Islet),Shinchosha,2021,ISBN9784103336440

In English

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References

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  1. ^"Văn học bộ tốt nghiệp sinh の tiểu sơn điền hạo tử さんが, “Tân triều” tân nhân thưởng を thụ thưởng しました "(in Japanese).Hiroshima University.January 19, 2011.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  2. ^"Đệ 150 hồi “Giới xuyên thưởng” は tiểu sơn điền hạo tử thị の『 huyệt 』 “Trực mộc thưởng” は triều tỉnh まかて thị と cơ dã カオルコ thị ".Oricon News(in Japanese). January 16, 2014.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  3. ^ab"【 đệ 42 hồi tân triều tân nhân thưởng thụ thưởng giả インタビュー】"(in Japanese).Shinchosha.November 1, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon January 2, 2011.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  4. ^abLang tỉnh, triều thế."Tác gia の đọc thư đạo".WEB bổn の tạp chí(in Japanese).RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  5. ^"Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked".Literary Hub.2020-10-23.Retrieved2023-02-21.
  6. ^"Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked".Literary Hub.2020-10-23.Retrieved2023-02-21.
  7. ^"Authors: Hiroko Oyamada".Books From Japan.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  8. ^"Đệ 150 hồi 『 giới xuyên thưởng 』に tiểu sơn điền hạo tử, 『 trực mộc thưởng 』に triều tỉnh まかて＆ cơ dã カオルコ".Cinra.net(in Japanese). January 16, 2014.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  9. ^"Literature prizes elevate women".The Japan Times.January 25, 2014.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  10. ^"Three women win Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards".The Japan Times.January 17, 2014.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  11. ^"Đệ ５ hồi quảng đảo văn hóa thưởng tân nhân thưởng"(in Japanese). Công ích tài đoàn pháp nhân ひろしま văn hóa chấn hưng tài đoàn. November 1, 2014.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  12. ^Lang tỉnh, triều thế (April 24, 2018)."Giới xuyên thưởng tác gia ・ tiểu sơn điền hạo tử が “フェティッシュ đích に hảo き” なものって? ".an an(in Japanese).RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  13. ^Đại trúc, chiêu tử (May 30, 2018)."Tác gia ・ đại trúc chiêu tử thị が đọc む『 đình 』 ( tiểu sơn điền hạo tử trứ ) ngưng thị が dị giới を lập ち thượng げる".Sankei News(in Japanese).RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  14. ^Sacks, Sam (October 25, 2019)."Store-Bought Solutions to All our Ills".The Wall Street Journal.RetrievedOctober 26,2019.
  15. ^Habash, Gabe (July 16, 2019)."The Factory".Publishers Weekly.RetrievedOctober 27,2019.
  16. ^ab"Tiểu sơn điền hạo tử さん “Đầu chân っ bạch, ふわふわしてる” điện thoại で ".Sankei News(in Japanese). January 16, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon November 21, 2019.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  17. ^Hadfield, James (April 26, 2014)."'Granta' opens a window into Japanese literature ".The Japan Times.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  18. ^"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).RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  19. ^"Giới xuyên thưởng thụ thưởng giả nhất lãm"(in Japanese). Nhật bổn văn học chấn hưng hội. January 1, 2018.RetrievedJuly 7,2018.
  20. ^Oyamada, Hiroko (April 24, 2014)."Spider Lilies".Translated by Winters Carpenter, Juliet. pp. 115–135.RetrievedJuly 13,2018.
  21. ^Leichter, Hilary (2020-10-06)."She Tumbled Into a Hole, and Her World Broke Open".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2020-11-20.
  22. ^Maloney, Iain (2020-09-26)."'The Hole': A fitting metaphor for a restrictive society ".The Japan Times.Retrieved2020-11-20.
  23. ^"Weasels in the Attic a Book by Hiroko Oyamada and David Boyd".New Directions Publishing.RetrievedMay 28,2022.
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