Fuminori Nakamura

Fuminori Nakamura
Fuminori Nakamura in 2013
Born	September 2, 1977
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Japanese
Period	2002–present
Notable awards	Akutagawa Prize 2005 Ōe Kenzaburō Prize 2010
Website
www.nakamurafuminori.jp

Fuminori Nakamura (中村 文則 Nakamura Fuminori, born 2 September 1977) is the pseudonym of a Japanese author.

Nakamura came to international attention when he won the 2010 Kenzaburō Ōe Prize for his novel, The Thief (掏摸, lit. tr. Pick-pocket). The English translation of the novel was well received. The Wall Street Journal called the book a "chilling philosophical thriller" and included it in its Best Fiction of 2012,^[1] while Time Out Chicago called the novel a "breath of fresh air." ^[2] The novel was also a finalist for the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Best Mystery/Thriller category.^[3]

The book, though marketed as crime fiction, was cited by some reviewers as being a work of literary fiction.^[4][5]

Works in English translation

• The Thief (original title: Suri), trans. Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates (Soho Crime, 2012)
• Evil and the Mask (original title: Aku to Kamen no Rūru), trans. Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates (Soho Crime, 2013)
• Last Winter, We Parted (original title: Kyonen no fuyu, kimi to wakare), trans. Allison Markin Powell (Soho Press, 2014)
• The Gun (original title: Jū), trans. Allison Markin Powell (Soho Press, 2016)

Awards and nominations

Japanese Awards

• 2002 - Shincho Prize for New Writers: Jū (The Gun ^[6])
• 2004 - Noma Literary Prize for New Writers: Shakō (Shield Me from the Light ^[7])
• 2005 - Akutagawa Prize: Tsuchi no Naka no Kodomo (Child in the Ground)
• 2010 - Ōe Kenzaburō Prize: The Thief

U.S. Awards

• 2012 - Nominee for Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/thriller: The Thief
• 2014 - David Goodis Award^[8]

Bibliography

Novels

• Jū (銃)[The Gun], 2003
• Shakō (遮光)[Shield Me from the Light], 2004
• Akui no Shuki (悪意の手記)[A Note of Malice], 2005
• Saigo no Inochi (最後の命)[Final Life], 2007
• Nani mo ka mo Yūutsuna Yoru ni (何もかも憂鬱な夜に)[In the Night I Feel Everything Melancholy], 2009
• Suri (掏摸), 2009 (The Thief, Soho Crime, 2012), ("دزد" [in Persian], Qoqnoos publication, Iran, 2015)^[9]
• Aku to Kamen no Rūru (悪と仮面のルール), 2010 (Evil and the Mask, Soho Crime, 2013)
• Ōkoku (王国)[The Kingdom], 2011
• Meikyū (迷宮)[The Labyrinth], 2012
• Kyonen no Fuyu, Kimi to Wakare (去年の冬、きみと別れ), 2013 (Last Winter, We Parted, Soho Press, 2014)
• Kyōdan X (教団X)[The Religious Community X], 2014
• Anata ga Kieta Yoru ni (あなたが消えた夜に)[In the Night You disappeared], 2015

Short story collections

• Tsuchi no Naka no Kodomo (土の中の子供)[Child in the Ground], 2005
  • Tsuchi no Naka no Kodomo (土の中の子供), 2005
  • Kumo no Koe (蜘蛛の声)[The Voice of a Spider], 2004
• Sekai no Hate (世界の果て)[The Edge of the World], 2009
  • Tsuki no Shita no Kodomo (月の下の子供)[Child under the Moon], 2008
  • Gomi Yashiki (ゴミ屋敷)[The Garbage Room], 2008
  • Sensō-Biyori (戦争日和)[The Day worthy of the War], 2006
  • Yoru no Zawameki (夜のざわめき)[Noises in the Night], 2007
  • Sekai no Hate (世界の果て), 2006
• Madoi no Mori: 50 Stories (惑いの森～50ストーリーズ)[The Woods of a Delusion: 50 Stories], 2012
• A, 2014

References

1. "The Best Fiction of 2012". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
2. Messinger, Jonathan. "The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura | Book review". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. Kellogg, Carolyn (20 February 2013). "Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. Messinger, Jonathan. "The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura | Book review". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
5. Corrigan, Maureen (26 March 2012). "Book World: "The Thief," by Fuminori Nakamura". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
6. J'Lit | Publications : The Gun | Books from Japan (English)
7. J'Lit | Publications : Shield Me from the Light | Books from Japan (English)
8. As Seen in International Association of Crime Writers Weekly E-News - NoirCon 2014
9. http://qoqnoos.ir/BookDetails.aspx?BookID=1248

External links

• J'Lit | Authors : Fuminori Nakamura | Books from Japan (English)