Rio Shimamoto Explained

Rio Shimamoto
Native Name:島本 理生
Native Name Lang:Japanese
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:Writer
Language:Japanese
Genre:Fiction
Notableworks:
  • First Love
  • Little by Little
  • Silhouette
Awards:

is a Japanese writer. She has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the Noma Literary New Face Prize and the Naoki Prize, and her work has been adapted for film.

Biography

Shimamoto was born in 1983 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] She made her literary debut in 2001 with her story Shiruetto (Silhouette) while still a student at Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku Yamabuki Senior High School, winning the 44th Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Her 2002 novella Little by Little won the 25th Noma Literary New Face Prize and was nominated for an Akutagawa Prize, but did not win.[2] Shimamoto was the youngest person to receive the Noma Literary New Face Prize in its history.[3]

In 2005 her novel Narratage was published and became a bestseller in Japan.[4] A year later, Shimamoto dropped out of Rikkyo University to pursue her writing full-time.[5] After being nominated for the Akutagawa Prize four times and the Naoki Prize twice, Shimamoto won the 159th Naoki Prize for her 2018 book First Love.[6] The Naoki Prize committee members were not unanimous in their decision, but finally selected Shimamoto's work after multiple rounds of voting.[7]

Shimamoto's novel Narratage was adapted by director Isao Yukisada into a 2017 film of the same name starring Kasumi Arimura and Jun Matsumoto.[8] [9] Her 2013 novel Yodaka no Kataomoi (lit. The Nighthawk's Unrequited Love), a story about a woman named Aiko, born with a large blue birthmark on her face, who navigates prejudice as she seeks love, was adapted by director Yūka Yasukawa into a 2022 film of the same name starring Rena Matsui as Aiko.[10]

Shimamoto has cited Shuji Terayama as a literary influence.

Personal life

Shimamoto is married to Japanese novelist Yuya Sato.[11]

Awards and honors

Works

Notes and References

  1. News: 芥川賞に高橋弘希さん「送り火」　直木賞は島本理生さん「ファーストラヴ」. japanese. Tokyo Shimbun. 19 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  2. News: 直木賞 島本理生さんの「ファーストラヴ」が受賞　2度目のノミネートで. japanese. Mainichi Shimbun. 18 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  3. Web site: 作家の読書道 第49回：島本理生さん. japanese. WEB本の雑誌. 瀧井. 朝世. 19 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Authors: Rio Shimamoto. Books from Japan. 19 July 2018.
  5. News: 第１５９回直木賞は島本理生さん「ファーストラヴ」　元サンケイスポーツ記者、本城雅人さん「傍流の記者」は受賞逃す. japanese. Sankei News. 18 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  6. News: 直木賞の島本理生さん、受賞会見で「正直、ほっとしました」. japanese. Sports Hochi. 18 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  7. News: 直木賞に島本理生さん「ファーストラヴ」. japanese. NHK News Web. NHK. 19 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  8. News: 行定勲「ナラタージュ」、島本理生が松本潤、有村架純、坂口健太郎の演技を絶賛. japanese. Eiga Natalie. Natalie. 28 August 2017. 19 July 2018.
  9. News: 'Narratage': Film Review Busan 2017. The Hollywood Reporter. Kerr. Elizabeth. 19 October 2017. 19 July 2018.
  10. Web site: 松井玲奈主演『よだかの片想い』 “見た目問題”を扱った社会派ラブストーリー. Cyzo Culture Press. ja. 長野. 辰次. 1 September 2022. 30 September 2022.
  11. News: 第１５９回芥川賞に高橋弘希さん、直木賞は島本理生さん. japanese. Asahi Shimbun. 18 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  12. News: 第159回直木賞に島本理生さんの『ファーストラヴ』が受賞作に選ばれました. japanese. 文藝春秋BOOKS. Bunshun. 18 July 2018. 19 July 2018.
  13. Web site: 野間文芸新人賞. japanese. Kodansha. 19 July 2018.
  14. News: Hiroki Takahashi wins Akutagawa literary award, while Rio Shimamoto bags Naoki Prize. japanese. Japan Times. 18 July 2018. 19 July 2018.

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