Hisaki Matsuura
Hisaki Matsuura is a Japanese professor, poet, and novelist.
Also recorded as Matsuura Hisaki
Hisaki Matsuura
- Born
- 1954 · Tokyo.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · novelist · film critic · writer · philosopher · romanist
- Fields
- French literature
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Honours
- Jun Takami Award · Yukio Mishima Prize · Akutagawa Prize · Yomiuri Prize · Shōhei Kiyama Literary Award · Hagiwara Sakutarō Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Life
Life
Hisaki Matsuura studied at University of Tokyo. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is French literature. Employment is recorded with University of Tokyo and University of Electro-Communications. Distinctions recorded are Jun Takami Award, Yukio Mishima Prize, Akutagawa Prize and Yomiuri Prize.
Matsuura was born in Tokyo. In 1981 he obtained his Ph.D. in French literature from the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, and 1982 became an assistant professor in the French Department at the University of Tokyo where he is now a professor of culture and representation. He was supported by a 1997–98 Japan Foundation Fellowship at Harvard University.
Works in English translation
Works in English translation
Novel • Triangle (original title: Tomoe), trans. David Karashima (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014)
Selected academic works
Selected academic works
• "A Comparative Study on Images of 'Modernity'", The Japan Foundation Newsletter XXVI/No. 1, pages 7–8. • Electronic Realism, translated by Indra Levy. • The Memory of the Extra-Filmic: Preservation and Access to Materials for the Future of Film Studies
Career and activity
Career and activity
Hisaki Matsuura worked in French literature. He was employed by University of Tokyo and University of Electro-Communications. He belonged to Japan Art Academy.
Identity
Identity
Hisaki Matsuura is recorded as having received Jun Takami Award, Yukio Mishima Prize and Akutagawa Prize.
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Life and career
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Hisaki Matsuura was born in 1954 at Tokyo.
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Hisaki Matsuura received Jun Takami Award, Yukio Mishima Prize, Akutagawa Prize, Yomiuri Prize, Shōhei Kiyama Literary Award and Hagiwara Sakutarō Award.
Awards
Matsuura has received a number of awards for his literary work, including a 2000 Akutagawa Prize for Hana kutashi (A Spoiling Rain), and the 2004 Yomiuri Prize for Hantō (The Peninsula). His serialized novel Kawa no Hikari (River's Light) has been adapted into an anime television special.
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