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{{Short description|Japanese writer}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Tomoka Shibasaki
| native_name = {{nihongo2|柴崎友香}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|20}}
| birth_place = [[Osaka]], Japan
| occupation = Novelist
| language = Japanese
| genre = [[Fiction]]
| education = [[Osaka Prefecture University]]
| notable_works = {{plainlist|
* ''Haru no niwa'' ({{nihongo2|春の庭}})
* ''Sono machi no ima wa'' ({{nihongo2|その街の今は}})
* ''Kyō no dekigoto'' ({{nihongo2|きょうのできごと}})}}
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Akutagawa Prize]]
* [[Noma Literary Prize|Noma Literary New Face Prize]]
* MEXT Award for New Artists
* }}
| website = [http://shiba-to.com/ Novelist: Tomoka Shibasaki]
}}

{{nihongo|'''Tomoka Shibasaki'''|柴崎友香|Shibasaki Tomoka|born October 20, 1973}} is a Japanese [[writer]] from [[Osaka]]. She has won the [[Noma Literary Prize|Noma Literary New Face Prize]] and the [[Akutagawa Prize]], and two of her works have been adapted for film.

==Career==
Shibasaki was born in [[Osaka]]. She graduated from [[Osaka Prefecture University]] and held an office job for four years while writing fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/japanamerica-writers-dialogue|title=Japan/America: Writers' Dialogue|work=Asia Society|date=9 June 2017 |access-date=June 17, 2018}}</ref> In 1999 she published her first [[short story]], "Reddo, ierō, orenji, burū" ("Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/1796-tomoka-shibasaki|title=Tomoka Shibasaki|work=Books from Japan|access-date=June 17, 2018}}</ref> Her first novel, ''Kyō no dekigoto'' (''A Day on the Planet''), was published the next year. In 2003 ''Kyō no dekigoto'' was adapted by [[Isao Yukisada]] into a film of the same name.<ref name=ctdkgt>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0001842|title=きょうのできごと a day on the planet |work=Cinema Today|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>

In 2006 Shibasaki won a [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|MEXT]] Award for New Artists for ''Sono machi no ima wa'' (''Today, in that City''), which was then nominated in 2007 for the [[Akutagawa Prize]], but did not win.<ref name=mext /> In 2010 she won the [[Noma Literary Prize|Noma Literary New Face Prize]] for ''Nete mo samete mo'', a first-person story about a woman who falls in love, loses her boyfriend, then meets a man who looks identical to her disappeared boyfriend but acts completely differently.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/2010/11/05/204832|language=japanese|title=野間三賞の受賞作品がそれぞれ発表、野間文芸新人賞に柴崎友香と円城塔|website=Cinra.net|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/09/05/films/ryusuke-hamaguchis-cannes-submission-tackles-difficulties-relationships/|title=Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Cannes submission tackles the difficulties of relationships|work=[[The Japan Times]]|first=Mark|last=Schilling|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> In 2014, after having her work nominated three more times for the [[Akutagawa Prize]], Shibasaki finally won the 151st [[Akutagawa Prize]] for her novel ''Haru no niwa'' (''Spring Garden'').<ref name=akutagawa>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/17/national/akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards-go-shibasaki-kurokawa/#.U8i4-VZguns|date=July 17, 2014|title=Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards go to Shibasaki, Kurokawa|accessdate=July 18, 2014}}</ref>

In 2016 the [[Japan Foundation]] sponsored her residency in the [[International Writing Program]] at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/tomoka-shibasaki|title=SHIBASAKI Tomoka|work=International Writing Program|access-date=June 17, 2018}}</ref> The following year, an English translation of her [[Akutagawa Prize]]-winning novel ''Haru no niwa'' was published by [[Pushkin Press]] under the title ''Spring Garden''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/06/10/books/book-reviews/spring-garden-masterful-look-loneliness-malaise-tokyo/|title='Spring Garden': A masterful look at loneliness and malaise in Tokyo|work=The Japan Times|last=Moloney|first=Iain|date=June 10, 2017|access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref> In 2018 [[Ryūsuke Hamaguchi]]'s film adaptation of ''Nete mo samete mo'', titled ''[[Asako I & II]]'', entered the competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=asakohr>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/asako-i-ii-netemo-sametemo-film-review-cannes-2018-1111789|title='Asako I & II' ('Netemo sametemo'): Film Review Cannes 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Dalton|first=Stephen|date=May 14, 2018|access-date=June 17, 2018}}</ref>

==Recognition==
* 2006 [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|MEXT]] Award for New Artists for ''Sono machi no ima wa'' (''Today, in that City'')<ref name=mext>{{cite web|url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/geijutsubunka/jutenshien/geijutsuka/sensho/pdf/rekidai_jushosha.pdf|language=japanese|title=芸術選奨歴代受賞者一覧（昭和25年度～）|work=Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan|access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
* 2010 [[Noma Literary Prize|Noma Literary New Face Prize]] for ''Nete mo samete mo''<ref name=noma>{{cite web|url=http://www.kodansha.co.jp/about/nextgeneration/archive/22138.html|language=japanese|title=野間文芸新人賞|work=Kodansha|access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
* 2014 151st [[Akutagawa Prize]] (2014上) for ''Haru No Niwa'' (''Spring Garden'')<ref name=akutagawa />

==Film adaptations==
* ''{{nihongo|A Day on the Planet|きょうのできごと|Kyō no dekigoto}}'', 2003<ref name=ctdkgt />
* ''[[Asako I & II]]'', 2018<ref name=asakohr />

==Bibliography==

===Books in Japanese===
* ''Nijiiro to kun'', Chikuma Shobo, 2015, {{ISBN|9784480432599}}
* ''Haru no niwa'' (''Spring Garden''), Bungei Shunju, 2014, {{ISBN|9784163901015}}
* ''Watashi ga inakatta machi de'' (''In Cities Before My Time''), Shinchosha, 2012, {{ISBN|9784103018322}}
* ''Shudaika'', Kodansha, 2011, {{ISBN|9784062769068}}
* ''Birijian'' (''Viridian''), Mainichi Shinbun, 2011, {{ISBN|9784620107653}}
* ''Nete mo samete mo'', Kawade Shobo, 2010, {{ISBN|9784309020051}}
* ''Dorīmāzu'' (''Dreamers''), 2009, {{ISBN|9784062156837}}
* ''Hoshi no shirushi'', Bungei Shojo, 2008, {{ISBN|9784163274805}}
* ''Furutaimu raifu'' (''Full-time Life''), Kawade Shobo, 2008, {{ISBN|9784309409351}}
* ''Shotokatto'' (''Shortcut''), Kawade Shobo, 2007, {{ISBN|9784309408361}}
* ''Sono machi no ima wa'' (''Today, in that City''), Shinchosha, 2006, {{ISBN|9784103018315}}
* ''Kyō no dekigoto'' (''A Day on the Planet''), Kawade Shobo, 2000, {{ISBN|9784309407111}}

===Selected work translated in English===
* ''Spring Garden'', trans. Polly Barton. [[Pushkin Press]], 2017, {{ISBN|978-1782272700}}
* ''A Hundred Years and a Day: 34 Stories'' trans. Polly Barton. [[Stone Bridge Press]], February 15, 2025

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/1796-tomoka-shibasaki J'Lit | Authors : Tomoka Shibasaki | Books from Japan] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081215164207/http://www.jlpp.jp/en/general/literary_200701.html Japanese Literature Publishing Project]

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