Maki Kashimada

Maki Kashimada is a Japanese writer. She has won the Bungei Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.

Early life and education

Kashimada was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 1998, while still a university student, she submitted her work Nihiki for the Bungei Prize, winning the 35th Bungei Prize. She later graduated from Shirayuri Women's University after writing a thesis on Julia Kristeva.

Career

In 2005 Kashimada won the 18th Mishima Yukio Prize for Rokusendo no ai, a story set in Nagasaki and loosely inspired by Marguerite Duras' screenplay for Hiroshima mon amour. In 2007 Kashimada won the 29th Noma Literary Prize for Pikarudī no sando. In 2012, after having her work nominated for the Akutagawa Prize multiple times and almost sharing the award with Akiko Akazome in 2010, Kashimada won the 147th Akutagawa Prize for Meido meguri.

Personal life

Kashimada is a member of the Japanese Orthodox Church and is married to a member of the clergy.

Recognition

Works

In Japanese

', Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1999,

', Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2000, ', Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2003,
', Shinchosha, 2004, ', Shinchosha, 2005,
', Shinchosha, 2006, ', Kodansha, 2007,
', Kodansha, 2009, ', Bungeishunjū, 2009,
', Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2009, ', Kodansha, 2011,
', Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2012, ', Shueisha, 2012,
', Shinchosha, 2013, ', Bungeishunjū, 2013,
', Shinchosha, 2014, ', Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2016,
', Bungeishunjū, 2016,

In English

"The Interview", trans. Jocelyne Allen, Japan Earthquake Charity Literature, 2012Touring the Land of the Dead, trans. Haydn Trowell, Europa Editions, 2021,

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