Kazushi Hosaka Explained

is a Japanese writer. He has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Tanizaki Prize.

Biography

Hosaka was born in Yamanashi prefecture and received his undergraduate education at Waseda University with a major in political science and economics. After graduating he worked for Seibu Culture Centers, holding popular educational workshops on philosophy. During this period (1990) he published his first book, Plainsong. He left Seibu in 1993 to devote his efforts to writing full-time, with the assistance of fellow writer Nobuo Kojima.

Hosaka writes about ordinary people in ordinary life situations. His work has been compared with the movies of noted director Yasujirō Ozu. A common theme in his writing is the presence of a cat in the lives of his characters.

Recognition

• 1993 15th Noma Literary New Face Prize for Kusa no ue no choshoku (“Breakfast on the Grasses”)^[1]
• 1995 113th Akutagawa Prize (1995上) for Kono hito no iki (“The Area of the Person”)^[2]
• 1997 33rd Tanizaki Prize for Kisetsu no kioku (Memories of Seasons)^[3]

External links

• Official home page
• Synopsis of Plainsong at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/noma_n/51260.html. ja:野間文芸新人賞 過去受賞作. Noma Literary New Face Prize Past Winning Works. Kodansha. September 18, 2018. japanese. May 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190513102754/https://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/noma_n/51260.html. dead.
2. Web site: http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/akutagawa/list.html. ja:芥川賞受賞者一覧. List of Akutagawa Prize Recipients. 日本文学振興会. September 18, 2018. japanese.
3. Web site: http://www.chuko.co.jp/aword/tanizaki/. ja:谷崎潤一郎賞受賞作品一覧. List of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Prize Winners. Chuokoron-Shinsha. September 18, 2018. japanese.