Naoyuki Ii Explained

is a noted Japanese author and professor of creative writing at Tokai University's Shonan campus.^[1]

Biography

A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology). His first novel, Kusa no kanmuri (The Grass Radical), was published in 1983, and received the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Subsequent prizes include:

• 1989 Noma Literary Prize for New Writers, for Sashite juyo denai ichinichi (A Day of Little Importance)
• 1994 Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, for Shinka no tokei (Evolution Clock)
• 2000 Yomiuri Literary Prize, for Nigotta gekiryu ni kakaru hashi (Bridge Over a Muddy Torrent)^[2]

English translations

• My visit to the Yubijima Isles, translated by M. Jacob and edited by Harry Aveling, Bundoora, Vic. : La Trobe University, School of Asian Studies, 1996. 18 pages.
• Aoneko kazoku tentenroku (The Shadow of a Blue Cat), translated by Wayne P. Lammers. Champaign, IL and London: Dalkey Archive Press, 2011.

External links

• Naoyuki Ii at J'Lit Books from Japan
• Synopsis of The Shadow of a Blue Cat (Aoneko kazoku tentenroku) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)
• Tokai University: Naoyuki Ii
• Japanese Literature Publishing Project English Program

Notes and References

1. News: Taking a whirlwind tour through foreign texts. Oppenheimer. Rebecca. 28 July 2011. The Baltimore Sun. 7 April 2012.
2. Web site: 読売文学賞. japanese. Yomiuri Prize for Literature. Yomiuri Shimbun. September 26, 2018.