Japan-Canada Literary Exchange
日本カナダ文学交流
KIRINO Natsuo
NATSUO KIRINO won her first major literary award in 1993, Edogawa Rampo Award, with her novel Kao ni furikakaru ame (title means “Rain Falling on My Face”), but what made her exceptionally famous was her smash hit novel Out, which won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1998. This became her first work to be translated into English and other languages, and was nominated for the 2004 MWA Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best Novel Category, which made Kirino the first Japanese writer to be nominated for this major literary award. Her other works available in English are Grotesque, Real World, and The Goddess Chronicle.
Her works are highly acclaimed for her intriguingly intelligent plot development and character portrayal, and her unique perspective of Japanese society after the collapse of the economic bubble. Today, she continues to enthusiastically write in a range of interesting genres.
桐野 夏生
（1951年石川県金沢市生。成蹊大学卒。）
1993年『顔に降りかかる雨』で第39回江戸川乱歩賞。
1998年『ＯＵＴ』で第51回日本推理作家協会賞。
1999年『柔らかな頬』で第121回直木賞。
2003年『グロテスク』で第31回泉鏡花文学賞。
2004年『残虐記』で第17回柴田錬三郎賞。
2005年『魂萌え！』で第5回婦人公論文芸賞。
2008年『東京島』で第44回谷崎潤一郎賞。
2009年『女神記』で第19回紫式部文学賞。
2010年『ナニカアル』で第17回島清恋愛文学賞。
2011年『ナニカアル』で第62回読売文学賞を受賞。
2015年秋の紫綬褒章を受章。
他、著書多数。近著に『とめどなく囁く』『日没』。
