Natsuki Koyata
Native name
古谷田 奈月
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Abiko, Chiba, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Alma materNishogakusha University
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • Hoshi no tami no kurisumasu
  • Release
  • Mugen no gen
Notable awards

Natsuki Koyata (古谷田 奈月, Koyata Natsuki, born 1981) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Japan Fantasy Novel Award, and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize.

Early life and education

Koyata was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan in 1981.[1] In junior high school she initially participated in the softball club, then quit group activities and refused to go to school, instead spending time reading at the local library.[2] Koyata later returned to school and eventually graduated from Nishogakusha University in Tokyo.[3] After graduation she worked in temporary jobs and began writing her first novel.[2]

Career

Koyata made her literary debut with Kotoshi no okurimono (今年の贈り物), a Christmas fantasy story that was published as a book in 2013 under the title Hoshi no tami no kurisumasu (星の民のクリスマス) and won that year's Japan Fantasy Novel Award.[4] The novel Jun no tame no 6-tsu no shōkyoku (ジュンのための 6つの小曲) followed the next year.

In 2016 Koyata's book Release (リリース, Rirīsu), a story about sexuality and discrimination set in a near future society, won the 34th Oda Sakunosuke Prize.[5] Release was also nominated for the 30th Mishima Yukio Prize, but the prize went to Yusuke Miyauchi.[6][7] The next year she was nominated again and won the 31st Mishima Yukio Prize for Mugen no gen (無限の玄).[8] That same year Koyata's book Nozomu no wa (望むのは), a story about relationships and sexuality in the life of a fifteen year old girl set in a fantasy society in which animals and people are family, was published by Shinchosha.[9][10] Nozomu no wa won the 17th Sense of Gender Awards Grand Prize.[11]

In 2018 Mugen no gen was published in a book along with the story Kazashimo no shu (風下の朱), which was nominated for the 159th Akutagawa Prize.[12]

Recognition

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "芥川賞候補作を含む超弩級の新星が放つ奇跡のカップリング小説集がいよいよ発売！ 古谷田奈月『無限の玄／風下の朱』". Da Vinci News (in Japanese). July 14, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "古谷田奈月さん『無限の玄／風下の朱』　書かなければ生きられない". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "本学卒業生　古谷田奈月さんが「第34回織田作之助大賞」を受賞しました" [Alumna Natsuki Koyata won the 34th Oda Sakunosuke Prize]. 最新情報 [Latest News] (in Japanese). Nishogakusha University. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  4. ^ 小谷, 真理 (December 12, 2013). "星の民のクリスマス　古谷田奈月著". Nikkei Style (in Japanese). The Nihon Keizai Shinbun. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "織田作之助賞に２氏" [2 receive the Oda Sakunosuke Prize]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 20, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  6. ^ "【文芸月評】現代の女性文学問う". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). October 5, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "第30回　三島由紀夫賞　候補作品" [30th Mishima Yukio Prize Candidate Works] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  8. ^ "三島賞に古谷田奈月さん、山本賞は小川哲さん" [Mishima Yukio Prize goes to Natsuki Koyata, Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize goes to Satoshi Ogawa]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 16, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "異質な存在、見つめる『望むのは』作家・古谷田奈月さん（３５）". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). October 1, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  10. ^ 瀧井, 朝世. "第110回 古谷田奈月さん 望むのは" [110th Interview: Natsuki Koyata, Nozomu no wa]. 小説丸 (Ship of Novels) (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "2017年度　第17回Sense of Gender賞" [2017: 17th Sense of Gender Awards] (in Japanese). Gender SF: The Japanese Association for Gender Fantasy and Science Fiction. July 22, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  12. ^ "芥川賞・直木賞の候補に松尾スズキさん、湊かなえさんら" (in Japanese). June 18, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "日本ファンタジーノベル大賞　過去の受賞作品" [Japan Fantasy Novel Award Previous Winning Works] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  14. ^ "これまでの織田作之助賞受賞作一覧" [Current List of Oda Sakunosuke Prize Winners] (PDF) (in Japanese). 大阪文学振興会 (Osaka Literature Promotion Institute). Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  15. ^ "三島由紀夫賞　過去の受賞作品" [Mishima Yukio Prize Previous Winning Works] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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