Nanae Aoyama
Nanae Aoyama (Japanese青山 七 恵, Aoyama Nanae, born January 20, 1983 in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese writer.
Life
After Aoyama had completed high school in Kumagaya in Saitama Prefecture, she studied at the University of Library and Information Science in Tsukuba ( Ibaraki Prefecture ). With her literary debut Mado no Akari (窓 の 灯) 2005, she won the Bungei Prize (文艺 赏). A year later she received the 136th Akutagawa Prize for her story Hitori Biyori (ひとり 日和). The theme of her story are the so-called Freeter. In 2009 she received become the youngest winner for Kakera (かけら) the Yasunari Kawabata Prize for Literature.
Works
- 2005 Mado no Akari (窓 の 灯)
- 2006 Hitori Biyori (ひとり 日和)
- 2008 Yasashii tameiki (やさしい ため息)
- 2009 Kakera (かけら)
- 2009 Mahotsukai kurabu (魔法使い クラブ)
- 2010 Owakare no oto (お 別れ の 音)