Akiko Itoyama
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Akiko Itoyama (絲山秋子, born in Setagaya, Tokyo in November 22, 1966, now living in Takasaki, Gunma) is a Japanese novelist, who won the 134th Akutagawa Prize.
Biography
After graduation from Shinjuku Highschool and [Faculty of Political Science and Economics], Waseda University, she worked as a saleswoman at a major household equipment company, getting transferred several times. She began to write during leaving her job due to treatment of cyclic psychosis. Her works, which mainly cover human relations between townspersons and their affairs, are so appreciated that brought her nominations and winnings for well-known literary awards, including the winning of the 96th Bungakukai New Face Award and nomination for the 129th Akutagawa Prize by her first volume "It's only talk" in 2003. After three consecutive nominations, she finally won the Akutagawa Prize January 2006.
Her exquisite touch got applaused for its expressions of scenary of Japan's province, and accurate strong accents and dialects reflecting characters' mental image, despite her place of origin, metropolitan area of Tokyo. She explains that she learned them through repeated company transferring all over Japan.
Works
- イッツ・オンリー・トーク It's only talk, won the 96th Bungakukai New Face Award, nominated for the 129th Akutagawa Prize. ISBN 4163226303
- 海の仙人 Umi no Sennin (Sea Hermit), nominated for the 130th Akutagawa Prize, also won the Minister of Education and Science's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists, in book form. ISBN 4104669016
- 袋小路の男 Fukurokouji no Otoko (Man in the dead-end street), won the 30th Kawabata Yasunari Prize. ISBN 4062126184
- 勤労感謝の日 Kinrou Kansha no Hi (Labor Thanksgiving Day), nominated for the 131th Akutagawa Prize, included in the book 沖で待つ.
- 逃亡くそたわけ Toubou Kusotawake (Besotted fool runs away), nominated for the 133th Naoki Prize and New Face Award of the 27th Noma Prize for Literture. ISBN 4120036146
- スモールトーク Smalltalk ISBN 454404099X
- ニート NEET, settles on the matter of NEET. ISBN 4048736434
- 沖で待つ Oki de Matsu (Waiting Offshore), won the 134th Akutagawa Prize. ISBN 4163248501
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