Abstract

This is the first essay book by popular Naoki Prize-winning author Kyoko Nakajima, about her everyday life.
Here you can see the true face of this author who is enjoying life in her 50s with ease.

Author’s Information

After working for a publishing company and freelancing, she went to the United States. She made her debut in 2003 with "FUTON" (Kodansha) upon her return to Japan. In 2010, she received the 143rd Naoki Prize for "Small House" (Bungeishunju). In 2014, she received the 42nd Izumi Kyoka Literary Award for "When My Wife Was a Mushroom" (Kodansha). In 2015, she received the 3rd Kawai Hayao Story Prize, the 4th Historical Era Writers Club Award for Works, and the 28th Shibata Renzaburo Award for "Katazu no!" (Shueisha). In the same year, she received the 10th Chuo Koron Literature Prize for "Long Farewell" (Bungeishunju), and in the following year, 2016, she received the 5th Japan Medical Novel Award for the same work. In 2020, she received the 30th Murasaki Shikibu Literary Award for "Dreaming Empire Library" (Bungeishunju). In 2022, she received the 72nd Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for the Arts (Literary Division) for "Moonlight Inn" (KADOKAWA) and "Yasashii Neko" (Chuko Shinsho). In the same year, she received the 56th Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Award for "Yasashii Neko." She has numerous other works and awards.