is a noted

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ese author and professor of creative writing at

Tokai University is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un ...

's Shonan campus.

Biography

A native of

Nobeoka, Miyazaki is a city located in the north of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 119,521 and a population density of 138 persons per km². The total area is . History The city was officially founded on F ...

, Ii graduated in 1978 from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowment ...

with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology). His first novel, ''Kusa no kanmuri'' (The Grass Radical), was published in 1983, and received the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Subsequent prizes include: * 1989

Noma Literary Prize The Noma Literary Prize (''Noma Bungei Shō'') was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association (''Noma Hōkō Kai'') in accordance with the last wishes of Seiji Noma (1878–1938), founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing c ...

for New Writers, for ''Sashite juyo denai ichinichi'' (A Day of Little Importance) * 1994 Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, for ''Shinka no tokei'' (Evolution Clock) * 2000

Yomiuri Literary Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, ...

, for ''Nigotta gekiryu ni kakaru hashi'' (Bridge Over a Muddy Torrent)

English translations

* ''My visit to the Yubijima Isles'', translated by M. Jacob and edited by Harry Aveling, Bundoora, Vic. : La Trobe University, School of Asian Studies, 1996. 18 pages. * ''Aoneko kazoku tentenroku'' (The Shadow of a Blue Cat), translated by Wayne P. Lammers. Champaign, IL and London: Dalkey Archive Press, 2011.

References

External links

Naoyuki Ii
at J'Lit Books from Japan

at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)
Tokai University: Naoyuki Ii

Japanese Literature Publishing Project English Program
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