Shino Sakuragi

Shino Sakuragi (桜木 紫乃, Sakuragi Shino, born 1965) is a Japanese writer. She has won the All Yomimono Prize for New Writers, the Shimase Award for Love Stories, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.

Shino Sakuragi
Native name
桜木 紫乃
Born1965 (age 55–56)
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
GenreFiction, short story
Notable works
  • "Yukimushi"
  • Loveless
  • Terminals
  • Hotel Royal
Notable awards
  • All Yomimono Prize for New Writers
  • Shimase Award for Love Stories
  • Naoki Prize

Early life

Sakuragi was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan in 1965 to parents who owned and ran a local barbershop.[1] After graduating from high school she worked as an official court typist until she got married at the age of 24, then had her first child at age 27 before starting to write in her early 30s.[2][3]

Career

She won the 2002 All Yomimono Prize for New Writers for her short story "Yukimushi" (雪虫, "Snow Bugs"), but her first book, a short story collection titled Hyōheisen (氷平線, Frozen Horizon), did not appear in print until 2007.[4] In 2010 her book Garasu no ashi (硝子の葦, Reed of Glass) was published by Shinchosha, which also published Raburesu (ラブレス, Loveless) the next year. Loveless won the 19th Shimase Award for Love Stories in 2012[5] and was nominated for the 146th Naoki Prize, but the prize went to Rin Hamuro.[6] Garasu no ashi was later adapted into a Wowow television drama starring Saki Aibu.[7] In 2012 Sakuragi's short story collection Kishūteneki Tāminaru (起終点駅 (ターミナル), Terminals) was published by Shogakukan. Kishūteneki Tāminaru was later adapted into the film Kishūteneki Terminal, which premiered at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival.[8]

Sakuragi won the 149th Naoki Prize for her 2013 book Hoteru Rōyaru (ホテルローヤル, Hotel Royal), a set of stories told in reverse chronological order about a love hotel in her hometown of Kushiro, Hokkaido.[2][9] The short story collections Blues (ブルース, Burūsu) and Hoshiboshitachi (星々たち, Stars) were published in 2014, followed by the 2015 novels Uraru (霧, Mist) and Sore o ai towa yobazu (それを愛とは呼ばず, Don't Call That Love). In 2016 Sakuragi's novel Kōri no wadachi (氷の轍, Tracks in the Ice), about the investigation of an elderly man's death on a Hokkaido beach, was published by Shogakukan and adapted into a TV Asahi television movie starring Ko Shibasaki.[10] Her novel Sajō (砂上), a partly autobiographical story about a writer and editor, was published by Kadokawa Shoten in 2017.[11]

Personal life

Sakuragi is a fan of Golden Bomber.[12] She lives with her family in Ebetsu, Hokkaido.[1]

Recognition
  • 2002 All Yomimono Prize for New Writers[13]
  • 2012 19th Shimase Award for Love Stories[5]
  • 2013 149th Naoki Prize (2013上)[14]

Film and other adaptations

Works
  • Fūsō (風葬, Burial), Bungeishunjū, 2008, ISBN 9784163275703
  • Tōgen (凍原, Tundra), Shogakukan, 2009, ISBN 9784093862646
  • Koi-hada (恋肌), Kadokawa Shoten, 2009, ISBN 9784048740111
  • Garasu no ashi (硝子の葦, Reed of Glass), Shinchosha, 2010, ISBN 9784103277217
  • Wan moa (ワン・モア, One More), Kadokawa Shoten, 2011, ISBN 9784041100578
  • Raburesu (ラブレス, Loveless), Shinchosha, 2011, ISBN 9784103277224
  • Kishūteneki Tāminaru (起終点駅 (ターミナル), Terminals), Shogakukan, 2012, ISBN 9784093863186
  • Daremo inai yoru ni saku (誰もいない夜に咲く, Nobody Blooms at Night), Kadokawa Shoten, 2013, ISBN 9784041006528
  • Muku no ryōki (無垢の領域, Area of innocence), Shinchosha, 2013, ISBN 9784103277231
  • Dakōsuru tsuki (蛇行する月), Futabasha, 2013, ISBN 9784575238358
  • Hoteru Rōyaru (ホテルローヤル, Hotel Royal), Shūeisha, 2013, ISBN 9784087714920
  • Burūsu (ブルース, Blues), Bungeishunjū, 2014, ISBN 9784163901794
  • Hoshiboshitachi (星々たち, Stars), Jitsugyō no Nihonsha, 2014, ISBN 9784408536453
  • Uraru (霧, Mist), 2015, Shogakukan, ISBN 9784093864206
  • Sore o ai towa yobazu (それを愛とは呼ばず, Don't Call That Love)', 2015, Gentosha, ISBN 9784344027336
  • Kori no wadachi (氷の轍, Tracks in the Ice), Shogakukan, 2016, ISBN 9784093864503
  • Sajō (砂上), Kadokawa Shoten, 2017, ISBN 9784041046005

References
  1. "作家・桜木紫乃さん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). January 5, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. "Fujino wins Akutagawa award; Sakuragi gets Naoki prize". The Japan Times. July 27, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. "作家の読書道　第118回：桜木紫乃さん". WEB本の雑誌 (in Japanese). Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  4. "Authors: Shino Sakuragi". Books from Japan. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. "島清恋愛文学賞が『ラブレス』に決定". Shincho Flash News (in Japanese). Shinchosha. March 19, 2013. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. "第146回『芥川賞・直木賞』候補11作決まる". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. January 6, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  7. "相武紗季、不倫＆誘拐…衝撃の官能ミステリーで新境地へ！「硝子の葦」ドラマ化". Cinemacafe.net (in Japanese). December 12, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  8. "佐藤浩市が本田翼＆尾野真千子の"人生変えた"？「起終点駅 ターミナル」舞台挨拶". Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. November 1, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  9. 大矢, 博子 (July 14, 2013). "【第149回直木賞受賞作『ホテルローヤル』（桜木紫乃）】主人公はホテル──巻き戻る時間と、つながるドラマ". Da Vinci News (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  10. "柴咲コウ、共演・沢村一樹の名前をど忘れ「えっと…」". Modelpress (in Japanese). October 31, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  11. "小説家・桜木紫乃が覚悟を決めて書いた"書き手と編集者の話"". Weekly Bunshun (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. November 2, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  12. "直木賞作家・桜木紫乃氏、金爆・鬼龍院と初対面で赤面「平成の山田かまち」と絶賛". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  13. "オール讀物新人賞". Bungeishunjū. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  14. "直木賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  15. "連続ドラマW　硝子の葦" (in Japanese). Wowow. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  16. "ABC創立65周年記念スペシャルドラマ　氷の轍" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. November 5, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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