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Naoyuki Ii ( 伊井 直行 , Ii Naoyuki , born September 1, 1953) is a noted Japanese author and professor of creative writing at Tokai University 's Shonan campus. ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki , Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology). His first novel, Kusa no kanmuri (The Grass Radical), was published in 1983, and received the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Subsequent prizes include:

• 1989 Noma Literary Prize for New Writers, for Sashite juyo denai ichinichi (A Day of Little Importance)
• 1994 Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, for Shinka no tokei (Evolution Clock)
• 2000 Yomiuri Literary Prize , for Nigotta gekiryu ni kakaru hashi (Bridge Over a Muddy Torrent) ^[2]

English translations [ edit ]

• My visit to the Yubijima Isles , translated by M. Jacob and edited by Harry Aveling, Bundoora, Vic. : La Trobe University, School of Asian Studies, 1996. 18 pages.
• Aoneko kazoku tentenroku (The Shadow of a Blue Cat), translated by Wayne P. Lammers. Champaign, IL and London: Dalkey Archive Press , 2011.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Naoyuki Ii at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
• Synopsis of The Shadow of a Blue Cat ( Aoneko kazoku tentenroku ) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)
• Tokai University: Naoyuki Ii
• Japanese Literature Publishing Project English Program