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Yuka Ishii (石井 遊佳, Ishii Yūka, born 1963) is a Japanese writer. Her book Hyakunen doro (100 Years Mud) won the 154th Akutagawa Prize and the 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers.
Yuka Ishii | |
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| Native name | 石井 遊佳 |
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Hirakata, Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Education | |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Hyakunen doro |
| Notable awards |
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Ishii was born in Hirakata, Osaka and lived there during her early school years.[1][2] She later moved to Tokyo, where she graduated from Waseda University and worked at a variety of part-time jobs, including department store salesperson and snack hostess, while writing stories in her free time.[3][4] After almost winning a literary prize at age 33 she moved back to her parents' home in Osaka to try writing full-time.[4] In 2000 Ishii returned to Tokyo to pursue graduate study in Buddhism at the University of Tokyo.[5]
In 2014 Ishii moved to Chennai, India, where her husband worked as a Sanskrit language researcher, and she started working as a Japanese language teacher.[6] She made her literary debut at age 54 with her novel Hyakunen doro, about the aftermath of a once-in-a-century flood.[7] The story was based on her experiences in Chennai during the 2015 South Indian floods.[8] Hyakunen doro won the 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers.[9] It also won the 158th Akutagawa Prize, which she shared with Chisako Wakatake.[10]
Hyakunen doro was published in English by Sydney-based publisher Gazebo Books in a translation by Haydn Trowell as The Mud of a Century.
She has named Gabriel García Márquez and Yukio Mishima as two of her favorite authors.[6]
- 2017: 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers[6]
- 2018: 158th Akutagawa Prize (2017下)[11]
- Hyakunen doro, Shinchosha, 2018, ISBN 9784103515319
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