Naoyuki Ii
Naoyuki Ii is a noted Japanese author and professor of creative writing at Tokai University's Shonan campus.
Biography
A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history. His first novel, Kusa no kanmuri, was published in 1983, and received the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Subsequent prizes include:- 1989 Noma Literary Prize for New Writers, for Sashite juyo denai ichinichi
- 1994 Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, for Shinka no tokei
- 2000 Yomiuri Literary Prize, for ''Nigotta gekiryu ni kakaru hashi''