Shion Miura Explained

Shion Miura
Native Name:三浦 しをん
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:Novelist, essayist
Language:Japanese
Alma Mater:Waseda University
Genre:Fiction, essay
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Notableworks:
  • Mahoro ekimae Tada benriken
  • Fune wo amu
  • Ano ie ni kurasu yonin no onna
Awards:

is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Japan Booksellers' Award. Her work has been adapted for film and television, and her books have been translated into Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, German and Italian.

Early life and education

Miura was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1976.[1] While attending university she planned to become an editor, but she was signed by a literary agent and started her writing career.[2] She graduated from Waseda University.[3]

Career

A year after graduating from Waseda, Miura published her first novel, Kakuto suru mono ni maru (A Passing Grade for Those Who Fight). She won the 135th Naoki Prize in 2006 for her book Mahoro ekimae Tada benriken.[4] The novel and its sequels have been adapted into a series of movies by Tatsushi Ōmori, a TV Tokyo television show, and a manga series.[5] Her novel Kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru (Run with the Wind), about 2 former elite runners who inspire each other to take up running again, was published in 2006 and later adapted into a 2009 live-action film and a 2018 NTV animated series.[6] In 2008 her novel Hikari (Light), a story about rape, murder, and consequences over time, was published.[7] Hikari was adapted into a 2017 suspense film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori.[8] [9]

Miura's novel Fune wo amu (Compiling the Boat), about a 15 year effort to create a new dictionary called The Great Passage, was published by Kobunsha in 2011.[10] In 2012 Fune wo amu won the Japan Booksellers' Award.[11] A 2013 film adaptation of Fune wo amu, directed by Yuya Ishii, won several Japan Academy Prizes, including Best Picture.[12] In 2016 Fuji TV adapted the novel into an anime series, also called Fune wo amu.[13] An English version of Fune wo amu, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, was published in 2017 under the title The Great Passage.[14] Kris Kosaka of The Japan Times described The Great Passage as "stylistically adept, with the shift in narratives smoothly connecting as characters’ stories overlap through time and space."[15]

In 2015 Miura's novel Ano ie ni kurasu yonin no onna, a story that loosely follows the setting and themes of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's work The Makioka Sisters, won the 32nd Oda Sakunosuke Prize.[16] [17]

Miura has cited Kenji Maruyama and Hideo Nakai as favorite authors. She is a fan of BL manga, and a collection of her essays on yaoi was published under the title Shumi ja nainda (It's Not Just a Hobby) in 2006.[18]

Recognition

Film and other adaptations

Works

Fiction

Nonfiction

Works in English

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 第33回：三浦 しをんさん. japanese. WEB本の雑誌. 瀧井. 朝世. July 1, 2004. July 5, 2018.
  2. Web site: Authors: Shion Miura. Books from Japan. July 5, 2018.
  3. Web site: Waseda, literature and Waseda Bungaku. Ichikawa. Makoto. Waseda Online. Yomiuri Shimbun. July 5, 2018.
  4. News: 第１３５回直木賞受賞作家: 三浦しをんさん＆森絵都さんに聞く「自分探し」から「社会性」へ. japanese. Sankei Shimbun. 上塚. 真由. July 26, 2006. July 5, 2018.
  5. News: 「まほろ駅前」2巻、山田ユギペーパーを町田市限定で配布. japanese. Comic Natalie. Natalie. March 4, 2011. July 5, 2018.
  6. News: 風が強く吹いている：三浦しをんの駅伝小説が10月にテレビアニメ化 プロダクションI.G制作. ja. MANTAN Web. May 31, 2018. January 15, 2019.
  7. Web site: 三浦しをん『光』刊行記念スペシャルインタビュー. japanese. Renzaburo. November 26, 2008. July 5, 2018.
  8. Web site: 井浦新＆瑛太 ２５日公開、映画「光」で共演 日常に潜む狂気と暴力性. japanese. Mainichi Shimbun. November 18, 2017. July 5, 2018.
  9. News: 'And Then There Was Light': Moments of beauty engulfed in miserabilism. The Japan Times. Schilling. Mark. November 29, 2017. July 5, 2018.
  10. News: 舟を編む 三浦しをん著. japanese. Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 北上. 次郎. October 20, 2011. July 5, 2018.
  11. News: 【2012年本屋大賞】直木賞作家・三浦しをん『舟を編む』に決定. japanese. Oricon News. April 10, 2016. July 5, 2018.
  12. News: 'The Great Passage' Wins Best Picture at Japan's Academy Awards. Variety. Schilling. Mark. March 8, 2014. July 5, 2018.
  13. News: 三浦しをん原作アニメ『舟を編む』声優陣に櫻井孝宏、神谷浩史、坂本真綾. japanese. Cinra.net. August 18, 2016. July 5, 2018.
  14. News: Fiction From Japan, for the Old World and the New. The New York Times. Nimura. Janice P.. Janice P. Nimura. August 11, 2017. July 5, 2018.
  15. News: 'The Great Passage': Shion Miura's dictionary of life. The Japan Times. Kosaka. Kris. December 23, 2017. July 5, 2018.
  16. News: 三浦しをんさん最新作「あの家に暮らす四人の女」 何げない日常のいとおしさ. japanese. Sankei News. August 24, 2015. July 5, 2018.
  17. News: 織田作之助賞 堂垣園江さん、三浦しをんさん選ばれる. japanese. Mainichi Shimbun. December 17, 2015. July 5, 2018.
  18. Web site: シュミじゃないんだ. japanese. Shinshokan. July 5, 2018.
  19. Web site: 直木賞受賞者一覧. japanese. 日本文学振興会. July 5, 2018.
  20. Web site: これまでの本屋大賞. japanese. 本屋大賞. July 5, 2018.
  21. Web site: これまでの織田作之助賞受賞作一覧. japanese. Osaka Literature Promotion Institute. July 5, 2018.
  22. Web site: まほろ駅前狂騒曲. japanese. Eiga.com. July 5, 2018.
  23. News: 松田龍平＆宮崎あおい、異色の"辞書"映画で共演！本屋大賞受賞作「舟を編む」が映画化！. japanese. 福田. 麗. Cinema Today. July 13, 2012. July 5, 2018.
  24. Web site: まほろ駅前番外地. japanese. TV Tokyo. January 11, 2013. July 5, 2018.
  25. News: Two men and a tot make a half-decent film. The Japan Times. Schilling. Mark. October 15, 2014. July 5, 2018.
  26. Web site: Wood Job!. 2014. AllCinema Movie & DVD Database. Stingray. Japan. Japanese. 16 January 2014.

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