Toshiyuki Horie Explained

is a Japanese author, translator, and scholar of French literature.

Biography

Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University, where he is now a professor of creative writing.^[1] He studied for three years at the University of Paris III on a French government scholarship. Horie, who is also a member of many literary prize selection committees,^[2] is a critic and translator of authors including Michel Foucault, Hervé Guibert, Michel Rio, and Jacques Réda. His books have been translated into French, Korean, and English.

Books (selection)

• Kōgai e (郊外へ, "To the Suburbs"), 1995
• Shigosen wo motomete (子午線を求めて, "In Search of the Meridian"), 2000
• Kakareru te (書かれる手, "The Hand Which is Written"), 2000
• Kuma no shikiishi (熊の敷石, "The Bear and the Paving Stone"), 2000

Prizes

• 1999 Mishima Yukio Prize for Oparavan (おぱらばん)
• 2001 Akutagawa Prize for Kuma no shikiishi (The Bear And The Paving Stone, 熊の敷石)
• 2004 Tanizaki Prize for Yukinuma to sono shūhen (Yukinuma and Its Environs, 雪沼とその周辺)
• 2005 Yomiuri Prize for Kagan bōjitsushō
• 2010 Yomiuri Prize, Section for Essay & Travelogue, for Seigen Kyokusen (正弦曲線, "Sine Curve")
• 2012 Sei Itō Literary Prize for Nazuna (なずな)
• 2013 Mainichi Book Review Prize for Furiko de kotoba wo saguru yō ni (振り子で言葉を探るように, "Like Fumbling for Words with a Pendulum")

External links

• Toshiyuki Horie at J'Lit Books from Japan
• Synopsis of In and Around Yukinuma (Yukinuma to sono shuhen) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)
• Interview
• Interview
• Toshiyuki Horie at Pushkin Press (in English)

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Man of Letters and a Bel Esprit. Japanese Book News. 16. December 28, 2013.
2. Web site: Neither Novels nor Essays- Simply Composing What I Want to Write. Yomiuri Shimbun. December 28, 2013.