Toshiyuki Horie
Toshiyuki Horie 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. 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, 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)
Prizes
- 1999 Mishima Yukio Prize for Oparavan
- 2001 Akutagawa Prize for Kuma no shikiishi
- 2004 Tanizaki Prize for Yukinuma to sono shūhen
- 2005 Yomiuri Prize for Kagan bōjitsushō
- 2010 Yomiuri Prize, Section for Essay & Travelogue, for Seigen Kyokusen
- 2012 Sei Itō Literary Prize for Nazuna
- 2013 Mainichi Book Review Prize for ''Furiko de kotoba wo saguru yō ni''