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Occupation
  
novelist

Education
  
Hosei University

Role
  
Novelist

Name
  
Shuichi Yoshida

Nationality
  
Japanese


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Born
  
14 September 1968 (age 55) Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (
1968-09-14
)

Books
  
Villain, Parade, Park Life, Parade: roman

Nominations
  
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Movies
  
Villain, The Ravine of Goodbye, Parade, Anger

Similar People
  
Lee Sang‑il, Shuichi Okita, Tatsushi Omori, Isao Yukisada, Satoshi Tsumabuki

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Shūichi Yoshida (吉田 修一, Yoshida Shūichi) (born 14 September 1968), is a Japanese novelist.

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Biography

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Shūichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album, 'Doberman'. His 2007 novel, Akunin, won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and was recently adapted into an award-winning 2010 film by Lee Sang-il.

Works in English translation

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  • Villain (original title: Akunin), trans. Philip Gabriel (London: Pantheon, 2010) ISBN 978-0-307-37887-3
  • Parade (original title: Parēdo), trans. Philip Gabriel (London: Harvill Secker, 2014) ISBN 9781846552373

    • Awards and nominations

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    Japanese Awards
  • 1997 - Bungakukai Prize for New Writers: Saigo no Musuko (The Last Son)
  • 2002 - Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize: Parēdo (Parade )
  • 2002 - Akutagawa Prize: Pāku Raifu (Park Life )
  • 2007 - Osaragi Jiro Prize: Villain
  • 2007 - Mainichi Publishing Culture Award: Villain
  • 2010 - Shiba Ryotaro Prize: Yokomichi Yonosuke (Yonosuke Yokomichi )
    • British Award
  • 2011 - Longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Villain

    • Adaptations

  • Tōkyōwankei was adapted into a 2004 TV drama starring Yukie Nakama.
  • Haru, Bānīzu de was made into a 2006 TV movie starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Shinobu Terajima.
  • Shichigatsu Nijūyokka Dōri was made into a 2006 film starring Takao Ōsawa and Miki Nakatani. It had the international English title Christmas on July 24th Avenue.
  • Parade was adapted into a 2010 film starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Shihori Kanjiya, and model/actress Karina. Its world premiere was held at Pusan International Film Festival 2009, including a sold-out panel with the five young stars.
  • Villain was adapted into a 2010 film starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Eri Fukatsu and Akira Emoto. It won five Japanese Academy awards in 2011.
  • Yokomichi Yonosuke (2013)
  • The Ravine of Goodbye (2013) (Sayonara Keikoku)

    • References

    Shuichi Yoshida Wikipedia
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