Kazushige Abe - Revision history

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	*[http://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/works/02_03.html Synopsis of ''Sinsemillas'' (''Shinsemia'')] at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) {{in lang\|en}}		*[http://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/works/02_03.html Synopsis of ''Sinsemillas'' (''Shinsemia'')] at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) {{in lang\|en}}
	*[http://no-sword.jp/blog/2005/02/grand-finale-by-abe-kazushige.html http://no-sword.jp/blog/2005/02/grand-finale-by-abe-kazushige.html] {{in lang\|en}}		*[http://no-sword.jp/blog/2005/02/grand-finale-by-abe-kazushige.html http://no-sword.jp/blog/2005/02/grand-finale-by-abe-kazushige.html] {{in lang\|en}}
			*[https://pushkinpress.com/our-authors/kazushige-abe/ Abe's author page on Pushkin Press]

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	\| native_name_lang = ja		\| native_name_lang = ja
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	* '''2021''' ブラック・チェンバー・ミュージック (''Burakku Chenba Myujikku'') [''Black Chamber Music'']		* '''2021''' ブラック・チェンバー・ミュージック (''Burakku Chenba Myujikku'') [''Black Chamber Music'']
	* '''2022''' ''Arutimetto Edishon'' [''Ultimate Edition'']		* '''2022''' ''Arutimetto Edishon'' [''Ultimate Edition'']
	*??? 馬小屋の乙女 "The Maiden in the Manger"		* '''????''' 馬小屋の乙女 "The Maiden in the Manger"

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==

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	* '''2006''' ミステリアス・セッティング (''Misuteriasu Settingu'') ''[[Mysterious Setting]]''		* '''2006''' ミステリアス・セッティング (''Misuteriasu Settingu'') ''[[Mysterious Setting]]''
	* '''2010''' ピストルズ (''Pisutoruzu'') [''Pistols'']		* '''2010''' ピストルズ (''Pisutoruzu'') [''Pistols'']
			* '''2011''' "Ride on Time"
	* '''2012''' クエーサーと13番目の柱 (''Kuesa to Jusanbanme no Hashira'')		* '''2012''' クエーサーと13番目の柱 (''Kuesa to Jusanbanme no Hashira'')
	* '''2013''' □ しかく (''Shikaku'') [Little More]		* '''2013''' □ しかく (''Shikaku'') [Little More]

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	* '''2021''' ブラック・チェンバー・ミュージック (''Burakku Chenba Myujikku'') [''Black Chamber Music'']		* '''2021''' ブラック・チェンバー・ミュージック (''Burakku Chenba Myujikku'') [''Black Chamber Music'']
	* '''2022''' ''Arutimetto Edishon'' [''Ultimate Edition'']		* '''2022''' ''Arutimetto Edishon'' [''Ultimate Edition'']
			*??? 馬小屋の乙女 "The Maiden in the Manger"

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==

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	Abe dropped out of Yamagata Prefectural Tateoka High School during his second year and moved to Tokyo, enrolling in the Japanese Institute of the Moving Image with the goal of becoming a film director. During his time at the Institute, Nagaharu Yodogawa, who served as a special lecturer, told him, “If you’re going to study film, you should also study forms of expression other than film,” and encouraged him to start reading novels. Abe graduated from film school in 1990. After working as an assistant director, he changed his focus to writing, making his debut in 1994 with ''American Night'', for which he won the Gunzo New Writers’ Award.		Abe dropped out of Yamagata Prefectural Tateoka High School during his second year and moved to Tokyo, enrolling in the Japanese Institute of the Moving Image with the goal of becoming a film director. During his time at the Institute, Nagaharu Yodogawa, who served as a special lecturer, told him, “If you’re going to study film, you should also study forms of expression other than film,” and encouraged him to start reading novels. Abe graduated from film school in 1990. After working as an assistant director, he changed his focus to writing, making his debut in 1994 with ''American Night'', for which he won the Gunzo New Writers’ Award.

	He garnered attention in 1997 with Individual Projection. He has published numerous works that are highly conscious of narrative form, while weaving in contemporary topics such as terrorism, the Internet, and lolicon. In 2004, he won the Seiji Ito Literary Award and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for Sinsemia, and in 2005, he won the Akutagawa Prize for "Grand Finale." Several of his works, including Sinsemia, share a common setting centered on “Kamimachi”; in interviews, he has spoken of his vision for the “Kamimachi Saga,” which concluded with ''Orga(ni)sm''.		He garnered attention in 1997 with ''Individual Projection''. He has published numerous works that are highly conscious of narrative form, while weaving in contemporary topics such as terrorism, the Internet, and lolicon. In 2004, he won the Seiji Ito Literary Award and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for ''Sinsemia'', and in 2005, he won the Akutagawa Prize for "Grand Finale." Several of his works, including ''Sinsemia'', share a common setting centered on “Kamimachi”; in interviews, he has spoken of his vision for the “Kamimachi Saga,” which concluded with ''Orga(ni)sm''.

	== Works ==		== Works ==

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 {{nihongo|'''Kazushige Abe'''|阿部 和重|Abe Kazushige|born 23 September 1968}} is a [[Japane|Japanese]] novelist and film critic. He was born in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture. His wife is [[Mieko Kawakami]], who is also a novelist.
-Abe graduated from the Japanese Institute of the Moving Image around 1988. After working as an assistant director, he changed his focus to writing, making his debut in 1994 with ''American Night'', for which he won the Gunzo New Writers’ Award. He garnered attention in 1997 with ''Individual Projection''. He has published numerous works that are highly conscious of narrative form, while weaving in contemporary topics such as terrorism, the Internet, and lolicon. In 2004, he won the Seiji Ito Literary Award and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for ''Sinsemia'', and in 2005, he won the Akutagawa Prize for "Grand Finale." Several of his works, including ''Sinsemia'', share a common setting centered on “Kamimachi”; in interviews, he has spoken of his vision for the “Kamimachi Saga,” which concluded with ''Orga(ni)sm''.
+Abe's family ran a bakery. There was a bookstore directly across the street from his family’s home, where during elementary school he discovered a copy of Bruce Lee's writings on martial arts. Abe attempted to recreate Lee's fighting techniques and develop his own martial art, but succeeded only in making a verbatim copy of Lee's book. However, this experience would later influence Abe's use of quotations and other references in his own works. Next to the bookstore was a movie theater, and since he initally preferred movies to novels, his father—who was also a film enthusiast—often took him there.
-His family ran a bakery. There was a bookstore directly across the street from his family’s home, and he cites Bruce Lee’s *Weapons of the Soul* as a book he bought during his elementary school years [3]. After getting his hands on *Weapons of the Soul*, Abe tried to recreate the techniques in his notebook to develop his own martial art. However, the result was simply a verbatim copy of the book. This experience would later influence the use of quotations and other references in Abe’s works [3]. Furthermore, Abe later began the opening of his debut novel, *American Night*, with a passage inspired by Lee [4].
+Abe dropped out of Yamagata Prefectural Tateoka High School during his second year and moved to Tokyo, enrolling in the Japanese Institute of the Moving Image with the goal of becoming a film director. During his time at the Institute, Nagaharu Yodogawa, who served as a special lecturer, told him, “If you’re going to study film, you should also study forms of expression other than film,” and encouraged him to start reading novels. Abe graduated from film school in 1990. After working as an assistant director, he changed his focus to writing, making his debut in 1994 with ''American Night'', for which he won the Gunzo New Writers’ Award.
-In fact, there was also a movie theater next to the bookstore [3]. Since he preferred movies to novels from childhood, his father—who was a movie enthusiast—often took him there [3].
+He garnered attention in 1997 with Individual Projection. He has published numerous works that are highly conscious of narrative form, while weaving in contemporary topics such as terrorism, the Internet, and lolicon. In 2004, he won the Seiji Ito Literary Award and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for Sinsemia, and in 2005, he won the Akutagawa Prize for "Grand Finale." Several of his works, including Sinsemia, share a common setting centered on “Kamimachi”; in interviews, he has spoken of his vision for the “Kamimachi Saga,” which concluded with ''Orga(ni)sm''.
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	\| birth_date = 23 September 1968		\| birth_date = 23 September 1968
	\| birth_place = Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture		\| birth_place = Higashine City,<br>Yamagata Prefecture
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	\| awards =		\| awards = Gunzo Prize for New Writers<br>Noma Literary New Face Prize<br>Sei Ito Literature Prize<br>Mainichi Publishing Culture Award<br>Akutagawa Prize<br>Tanizaki Prize
	}}		}}
	{{nihongo\|'''Kazushige Abe'''\|阿部和重\|Abe Kazushige\|born 23 September 1968}} is a [[Japane\|Japanese]] novelist and film critic. He was born in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture. His wife is [[Mieko Kawakami]], who is also a novelist.		{{nihongo\|'''Kazushige Abe'''\|阿部和重\|Abe Kazushige\|born 23 September 1968}} is a [[Japane\|Japanese]] novelist and film critic. He was born in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture. His wife is [[Mieko Kawakami]], who is also a novelist.