Makate Asai Explained

Makate Asai
Native Name:朝井 まかて
Birth Place:Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Alma Mater:Konan Women's University
Occupation:Writer, novelist
Language:Japanese
Genre:
Notableworks:
  • Nukemairu
  • Renka
  • Oranda Saikaku
  • Kurara
Awards:

is a Japanese writer of historical fiction. She has won the Naoki Prize and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and two of her novels have been adapted for television by NHK.

Early life and education

Asai was born in 1959 in Habikino, Osaka, Japan. After graduating from Konan Women's University she took a job writing copy for advertising.[1]

Career

Asai made her literary debut in 2008 with , which won the Shōsetsu Gendai Novel Newcomer Encouragement Prize from Kodansha.[2] She chose the pen name "Makate" to honor her Okinawan grandmother.[3] More novels followed, including the 2010 novel and the 2012 novel , which NHK later adapted into a television series starring Rena Tanaka, Rie Tomosaka, and Eriko Sato.[4]

In 2014 Asai won both the Naoki Prize and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, but for different books. Her 2013 novel , a story based on the life of the poet Nakajima Utako, won the 150th Naoki Prize, which she shared with Kaoruko Himeno.[5] [6] Her book , a story based on the life of the poet Ihara Saikaku, won the 31st Oda Sakunosuke Prize.[7]

Her novel , about the relationship between the painter Katsushika Ōi and her father, the painter Hokusai, was published in 2016.[8] Kurara won the 22nd Gishū Nakayama Literature Prize, and was adapted into the 2017 NHK television movie starring Aoi Miyazaki.[9] [10]

Recognition

Television adaptations

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 直木賞受賞の朝井まかてさん独占インタビュー. japanese. Zakzak. February 2, 2014. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084006/https://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20140202/enn1402020741003-n1.htm. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: 作家　朝井まかてさん. japanese. Renzaburo. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084218/http://renzaburo.jp/interview/007/index.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  3. Web site: 朝井まかてさん「まさかまさかまさか」. japanese. Sankei News. January 16, 2014. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084056/https://www.sankei.com/life/news/140116/lif1401160003-n1.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  4. News: 田中麗奈・ともさかりえ・佐藤江梨子、江戸から伊勢へ女子旅時代劇で共演. japanese. Oricon News. August 1, 2018. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818083807/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2116731/full/. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  5. News: 「４分の１は沖縄の血」　直木賞作家・朝井まかてさん. japanese. Ryūkyū Shimpō. February 5, 2014. August 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818085501/https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/prentry-218906.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  6. Web site: Literature prizes elevate women. The Japan Times. January 25, 2014. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180714053807/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/01/25/editorials/literature-prizes-elevate-women/. July 14, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  7. News: 『阿蘭陀西鶴』朝井まかて著. japanese. Sankei News. 大矢. 博子. October 5, 2014. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084119/https://www.sankei.com/life/news/141005/lif1410050010-n1.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: 北斎の娘描いた『眩』刊行…朝井まかてさん. japanese. Yomiuri Shimbun. 西田. 朋子. June 2, 2016. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818120646/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/news/20160523-OYT8T50136.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  9. News: 中山義秀文学賞 朝井まかてさんの「眩」に. japanese. Mainichi Shimbun. November 14, 2016. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818083904/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20161115/k00/00m/040/030000c. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  10. News: ドラマ「眩～北斎の娘～」制作統括・佐野元彦さん　温めた思い結実. japanese. Mainichi Shimbun. September 14, 2017. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818083845/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170914/dde/018/200/021000c. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  11. Web site: 第１回〜第８回小説現代長編新人賞. japanese. Shōsetsu Gendai. Kodansha. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818115218/http://shousetsu-gendai.kodansha.co.jp/prize/past.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  12. Web site: 直木賞受賞者一覧. japanese. 日本文学振興会. August 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107125052/http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/list.html. November 7, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  13. Web site: これまでの織田作之助賞受賞作一覧 1984～2013 年. japanese. 大阪文学振興会 (Osaka Literature Promotion Institute). August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623085239/http://odasaku.com/pdf/jyusyousakuhin.pdf. June 23, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  14. Web site: 中山義秀文学賞. japanese. City of Shirakawa. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084052/http://www.city.shirakawa.fukushima.jp/page/page000263.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  15. Web site: 眩（くらら）～北斎の娘～. Japanese. NHK. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180723050952/http://www.nhk.or.jp/dsp/kurara/. July 23, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  16. News: 田中麗奈×ともさかりえ×佐藤江梨子『ぬけまいる～女三人伊勢参り』制作開始！. japanese. NHK. August 1, 2018. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818033440/http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/7000/302632.html. August 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.

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