Toshiyuki Horie

Toshiyuki Horie (堀江 敏幸, Horie Toshiyuki, born January 3, 1964) is a Japanese author, translator, and scholar of French literature.

Biography

Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University, where he is now a professor of creative writing.[1] He studied for three years at the University of Paris III on a French government scholarship.[1] Horie, who is also a member of many literary prize selection committees,[2] is a critic and translator of authors including Michel Foucault, Hervé Guibert, Michel Rio, and Jacques Réda. His books have been translated into French, Korean, and English.[1]

Books (selection)

  • Kōgai e (郊外へ, "To the Suburbs"), 1995
  • Shigosen wo motomete (子午線を求めて, "In Search of the Meridian"), 2000
  • Kakareru te (書かれる手, "The Hand Which is Written"), 2000
  • Kuma no shikiishi (熊の敷石, "The Bear and the Paving Stone"), 2000

Prizes

  • 1999 Mishima Yukio Prize for Oparavan (おぱらばん)
  • 2001 Akutagawa Prize for Kuma no shikiishi (The Bear And The Paving Stone, 熊の敷石)[3]
  • 2004 Tanizaki Prize for Yukinuma to sono shūhen (Yukinuma and Its Environs, 雪沼とその周辺)
  • 2005 Yomiuri Prize for Kagan bōjitsushō
  • 2010 Yomiuri Prize, Section for Essay & Travelogue, for Seigen Kyokusen (正弦曲線, "Sine Curve")
  • 2012 Sei Itō Literary Prize for Nazuna (なずな)
  • 2013 Mainichi Book Review Prize for Furiko de kotoba wo saguru yō ni (振り子で言葉を探るように, "Like Fumbling for Words with a Pendulum")

References

  1. ^ a b c "A Man of Letters and a Bel Esprit" (PDF). Japanese Book News. p. 16. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Neither Novels nor Essays- Simply Composing What I Want to Write". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  3. ^ Britannica: The Year in Review. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-85229-831-2. Retrieved 20 March 2010.


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