is a Japanese writer of

literary fiction Literary fiction, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that are more character-driven rather than plot-driven, that examine the human condition, or that are ...

. She has published several novels and short stories, and has been awarded three major Japanese literary prizes. Fujino is a transgender woman who reflects the difficulties of her own life journey in the characterisations of her writing. Many of her characters are social misfits in conflict with the conventions and mores of wider Japanese society. Born in the city of

Fukuoka is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. ...

, Fujino attended

Chiba University is a national university in the city of Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, Japan. It offers doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in ...

. In the 1980s, she worked in a major Japanese publishing house before beginning her own writing career.

Selected works

* ''Gogo no jikanwari'' (Afternoon timetable), 1995 (Winner, 14th Kaien New Novelists Prize) * ''Shonen to shojo no poruka'' oy's and Girl's PolkaBenesse Corporation, 1996; Kodansha, 2000 (paperback) * ''Oshaberi kaidan'' hattyKodansha, 1998; paperback 2001 (Winner, 20th Noma New Writers Prize) * ''Natsu no yakusoku'' ummer promiseKodansha, 2000 (Winner, 122nd Akutagawa Prize) * ''Ruuto 225'' oute 225Rironsha, 2002; Shinchosha, 2004 (paperback) * "The Housewife and the Police Box" (English translation of "Shufu to koban"), included in ''Tokyo Fragments: Short Stories of Tokyo by Five of Japan's leading Contemporary Writers'' (translated by Giles Murray), IBC Publishing, 2004 * ''Bejitaburu haitsu'' egetable apartmentKobunsha, 2005 * "Her Room" (English translation of "Kanojo no heya"), included in ''Inside and Other Short Fiction - Japanese Women by Japanese Women'' Kodansha, 2006

Print

* "Preface" in ''Tokyo Fragments: Short Stories of Tokyo by Five of Japan's leading Contemporary Writers'' (translated by Giles Murray), IBC Publishing, 2004

References

Online

J'Lit , Authors : Chiya Fujino* , Books from Japan

- English translation of ''Oshaberi kaidan'' hattyand biographical note
News report concerning political controversy over Fujino's 2000 Akutagawa Prize
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