Shuichi Yoshida

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name = Shuichi Yoshida


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birthplace = Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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occupation = novelist
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nihongo|Shuichi Yoshida|吉田 修一|Yoshida Shuichi, born 14 September, 1968, is a Japanese novelist.

Biography

Shuichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for "Parade", and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album, 'Doberman'. His 2007 novel, "Akunin", won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award.

elected works

*"Saigo no Musuko" (1999)
*"Parade" (2002)
*"Park Life" (2002)
*"Nichiyōbitachi" (2002)
*"Tōkyōwankei" (2002)
*"Shichigatsu Nijūyokka Dōri" (2004)
*"Haru, Bānīzu de" (2004)
*"Akunin" (2007)
*"Shizuka na Bakudan" (2008)

Adaptations

*"Tōkyōwankei" was adapted into a 2004 TV drama starring Yukie Nakama.
*"Haru, Bānīzu de" was made into a 2006 TV movie starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Shinobu Terajima.
*"Shichigatsu Nijūyokka Dōri" was made into a 2006 film starring Takao Ōsawa and Miki Nakatani. It had the international English title "Christmas on July 24th Avenue". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871968/ imdb link] ]

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External links

* [http://www.jlpp.jp/en/authors/detail.html?w_id=227 Shuichi Yoshida page at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)]