Mariko Asabuki
- きことわ (Kikotowa)
- 流跡 (Ryūseki)
- Akutagawa Prize
- Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize
Mariko Asabuki (朝吹 真理子, Asabuki Mariko) is a Japanese writer. Her novels have won the Akutagawa Prize and the Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize, and she was named one of Vogue Japan's 2011 Women of the Year.
Early life
Asabuki was born in 1984 in Tokyo, Japan, into a literary family that has lived in Tokyo since the Meiji period.[1] Her father, Ryoji Asabuki, is a poet, and several other relatives are literary scholars and translators.[2] Asabuki started writing stories at the age of 3.[3] She attended an all-girls high school in Tokyo.[1]
Career
Asabuki entered graduate school at Keio University to study modern kabuki.[4] In 2009 her first novel, Ryūseki (Ruins), was published in the literary magazine Shinchō.[5] In the following year Ryūseki won the Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize and was published in book form by Shinchosha.[6] In 2011, while Asabuki was still a Keio University graduate student, her second novel, titled Kikotowa, was published. Kikotowa won the 144th Akutagawa Prize,[2] and Vogue Japan named Asabuki one of its 2011 Women of the Year.[3] She later completed a master's degree.[7] In 2016 she began serializing a new novel, titled TIMELESS, in Shinchō.[8] From 2016 to 2017 Asabuki wrote the regular "#明日何着よう" ("What Should I Wear Tomorrow?) column for Asahi Shimbun.[9] In 2018 Shinchosha published TIMELESS as a book.
Asabuki's first nonfiction book, a collection of essays written within the previous decade, was published under the title Hikidashi no naka no Umi (lit. The Sea in the Drawer, 抽斗のなかの海) by Chuokoron-Shinsha in 2019. According to Asabuki, the title comes from a fantasy that the back of her desk drawer is connected to the sea, which helps her imagine her work reaching other people even when she writes alone.[10] Writing for the Yomiuri Shimbun, novelist Sayaka Murata described the book's essays as feeling almost like short stories, and the resulting work as a "treasure".[11]
Asabuki regularly collaborates with other writers, artists, and musicians to create site-specific multimedia performances using readings from her work.[12][13] She has cited Kenzaburo Oe, James Joyce, Mieko Kanai, and Roland Barthes as some of her favorite writers.[3][1] Asabuki is a fan of shogi.[14] She is married to designer Kōtarō Watanabe.[15]
Awards and honors
- 2010: Bunkamura Deux Magots Prize[6]
- 2011: Vogue Japan Woman of the Year[3]
- 2011: 144th Akutagawa Prize (2010下)[16]
Works
- 流跡 (Ryūseki), Shinchosha, 2010, ISBN 9784103284611
- きことわ (Kikotowa), Shinchosha, 2011, ISBN 9784103284628
- TIMELESS, Shinchosha, 2018, ISBN 9784103284635
- 抽斗のなかの海 (Hikidashi no naka no Umi), Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2019, ISBN 9784120052002
References
- ^ a b c "東京の子。辛酸なめ子さんと朝吹真理子さんからみた「東京」" (in Japanese). Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Akutagawa Prize for new writers goes to Keio student, Tokyo man". Japan Times. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Women of the year 2011". Vogue Japan (in Japanese). 26 December 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Discovering new authors". Japan Times. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 流跡/Ryūseki. OCLC. OCLC 953422780. Retrieved 1 July 2018 – via WorldCat.
- ^ a b "Bunkamura Les Deux Magots Literature Award". Bunkamura. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Authors: Mariko Asabuki". Books from Japan. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 朝吹, 真理子 (23 June 2017). "服に言葉に、巡りゆく「春」". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 朝吹, 真理子. "#明日何着よう" (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ 篠原, 諄也 (10 September 2019). "朝吹真理子さん初のエッセイ集「抽斗のなかの海」インタビュー 失神したほど敬愛する作家への思い". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Murata, Sayaka (10 November 2019). "抽斗のなかの海…朝吹真理子著 中央公論新社". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
ほとんど小説のように感じられる短文の数々が、私には宝物に思え、この本のことはテーブルに放ったりできず、いつもそっと持ち上げる。
- ^ "Evening No. 6 – Mariko Asabuki along with Tomoko Sauvage, Timeless". Centre Pompidou-Metz. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Date, Natsume (17 December 2014). "'Entrance/Exit' shows the way for new arts fest". Japan Times. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "新芥川賞作家、新境地の舞台に選んだのは…!?". TV Asahi News (in Japanese). TV Asahi. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞作家・朝吹真理子さん 7年の沈黙を破って世に問う「永遠」". Sankei News (in Japanese). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "芥川賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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