{{Short description|Japanese writer (born 1979)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Akane Chihaya | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = 千早 茜 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|08|02}} | birth_place = Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan | alma_mater = Ritsumeikan University | occupation = Writer | language = Japanese | genre = Fiction | notableworks = {{plainlist| *''Iogami'' *''Atokata'' *''Otoko Tomodachi'' *''Shirogane no Ha'' }} | awards = {{plainlist| *Shōsetsu Subaru New Writers Award *Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature *Shimase Award for Love Stories *Naoki Prize }} | years_active = | website = }}
{{nihongo|'''Akane Chihaya'''|千早 茜|Chihaya Akane|born August 2, 1979}} is a Japanese writer. She has won the Shōsetsu Subaru New Writer Award, the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Shimase Award for Love Stories, and the Naoki Prize.
== Early life and education == Chihaya was born in Hokkaido in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/shuppan4syo/20nen/outline03.html|language=japanese|title=魚神（いおがみ）』 千早 茜|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808175620/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/shuppan4syo/20nen/outline03.html|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> From first grade through fifth grade Chihaya lived in Zambia, where her father, who was working for the Japan International Cooperation Agency, taught pathology at a university.<ref name=renzaburo>{{cite web|url=http://renzaburo.jp/shinkan_list/temaemiso/090105_book02.html|language=japanese|title=『魚神』千早茜|website=Renzaburo|last=花村|first=萬月|date=January 5, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130220/http://renzaburo.jp/shinkan_list/temaemiso/090105_book02.html|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Her family returned to Japan, and Chihaya started writing poetry and keeping a diary while in high school.<ref name=webdoku>{{cite web|url=http://www.webdoku.jp/rensai/sakka/michi149_chihaya/20140618_3.html|language=japanese|title=作家の読書道 第149回：千早茜さん|website=WEB本の雑誌|date=June 18, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200147/http://www.webdoku.jp/rensai/sakka/michi149_chihaya/20140618_3.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Chihaya later graduated from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alumni.ritsumei.jp/kouyuukai_news/post_2876/|language=japanese|title=【報告】校友の千早茜さんが「小説すばる新人賞」を受賞しました！|trans-title=Report: Alumna Akane Chihaya wins the Shōsetsu Subaru Literary Prize!|website=校友会NEWS (Alumni Association News)|publisher=Ritsumeikan University|date=October 17, 2008|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916092938/https://alumni.ritsumei.jp/kouyuukai_news/post_2876/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After graduating from college she stayed in Kyoto and worked a variety of jobs at a cake shop, a medical office, and a museum.<ref name=webdoku />
== Career ==
Chihaya made her literary debut in 2008 with {{nihongo3|''Fish God''|魚神|''Iogami''}}, a novel that won the 21st Shōsetsu Subaru New Writer Award as well as the 37th Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, which is not usually awarded to a debut work.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY200911230109.html|language=japanese|title=泉鏡花文学賞に選ばれた 千早茜さん|trans-title=Akane Chihaya chosen as winner of Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature|work=Asahi Shimbun|last=加藤|first=修|date=November 23, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093145/http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY200911230109.html|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180211/ddl/k17/040/157000c|language=japanese|title=「金沢の"におい"で現実感」 泉鏡花文学賞、千早さん|work=Mainichi Shimbun|date=February 11, 2018|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093132/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180211/ddl/k17/040/157000c|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Her book ''{{nihongo||あとかた|Atokata}}'', a collection of short stories with common characters and the common theme of scarring, was published in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/2964-scars|title=Scars|website=Books from Japan|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093352/http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/2964-scars|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''Atokata'' won the Shimase Award for Love Stories and was nominated for the 150th Naoki Prize, but did not win.<ref name=sankei2013>{{cite news|url=https://www.sankei.com/life/news/131124/lif1311240008-n1.html|language=japanese|title=島清恋愛文学賞を受賞した作家、千早茜さん（３４）|work=Sankei News|date=November 24, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093344/https://www.sankei.com/life/news/131124/lif1311240008-n1.html|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2032178/full/|language=japanese|title=第150回「芥川賞・直木賞」候補11作決まる いとうせいこう氏が2回目の選出|work=Oricon News|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093225/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2032178/full/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In July 2013 Chihaya married her husband.<ref name=sankei2013 /> Her novel {{nihongo3|''Male Friends''|男ともだち|''Otoko Tomodachi''}}, about a woman in a sexless marriage who breaks off her affair with another man to reconnect with a male friend from her school days, was published in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXDZO73116170R20C14A6MZB001/|language=japanese|title=男ともだち 千早茜著 曖昧で不安定な心のありよう|website=The Nikkei|last=稲葉|first=真弓|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093243/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXDZO73116170R20C14A6MZB001/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''Otoko Tomodachi'' was nominated for the 151st Naoki Prize, but the prize went to Hiroyuki Kurokawa.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20140717/mog/00m/040/001000c|language=japanese|title=ノミネートに「諾否」、単行本化前倒しも…受賞作決定までの舞台裏|work=Mainichi Shimbun|last=高橋|first=昌紀|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130204/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20140717/mog/00m/040/001000c|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/17/national/akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards-go-shibasaki-kurokawa/|title=Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards go to Shibasaki, Kurokawa|work=Kyodo News|via=The Japan Times|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618132614/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/17/national/akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards-go-shibasaki-kurokawa/|archive-date=June 18, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Chihaya produced several books after her Naoki Prize nominations, including the 2016 dark fantasy novel {{nihongo||夜に啼く鳥は|''Yoru ni Naku Tori wa''}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ddnavi.com/interview/326103/a/|language=japanese|title=「不老不死に憧れる気持ちが、実は書いていて一番わからなかった」不死の一族を描いたダーク・ファンタジー『夜に啼く鳥は』【千早茜さんインタビュー】|work=Da Vinci News|last=朝宮|first=運河|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093232/https://ddnavi.com/interview/326103/a/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the 2017 novel {{nihongo|''Garden''|ガーデン|}}, about a male editor and his relationships with the women around him,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/news/20170713-OYT8T50006.html|language=japanese|title=【エンタメ小説月評】闇にきらめく人生の断面|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|last=川村|first=律文|date=July 20, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916100052/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/news/20170713-OYT8T50006.html|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the 2018 novel {{nihongo3|''Correct Women''|正しい女たち|''Tadashii Onnatachi''}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ryukyushimpo.jp/kyodo/entry-783956.html|language=japanese|title=『正しい女たち』千早茜著「正しい」は果たして正しいのか？|work=Ryūkyū Shimpō|last=小川|first=志津子|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093413/https://ryukyushimpo.jp/kyodo/entry-783956.html|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2023 Chihaya won the 168th Naoki Prize for {{nihongo||しろがねの葉|''Shirogane no Ha''}}, sharing the prize with Satoshi Ogawa.<ref name=naokisankei>{{cite news|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20230119-3TLYXPN7CVLTHKGEZ3GNKKACDA/|title=第１６８回直木賞は小川哲さんと千早茜さんに決まる|language=ja|trans-title=168th Naoki Prize goes to Satoshi Ogawa and Akane Chihaya|work=Sankei Shimbun|date=January 19, 2023|access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref>
==Recognition== * 2008: 21st Shōsetsu Subaru New Writer Award<ref name=subaru>{{cite web|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/shuppan4syo/subaru_new/index.html|language=japanese|title=小説すばる新人賞受賞作リスト|trans-title=Shōsetsu Subaru New Writers Award Winners List|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813005106/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/shuppan4syo/subaru_new/index.html|archive-date=August 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * 2009: 37th Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/11020/bungaku/kyouka/index.html|language=japanese|title=泉鏡花��学賞|trans-title=Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature|publisher=City of Kanazawa|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110072857/https://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/11020/bungaku/kyouka/index.html|archive-date=January 10, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * 2013: Shimase Award for Love Stories<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102155135/http://www.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/H20131026102.htm|url=http://www.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/H20131026102.htm|archive-date=November 2, 2013|date=October 26, 2013|work=Hokkoku Shimbun|language=japanese|title=林、千早さん受賞 島清恋愛文学賞|trans-title=Hayashi, Chihaya awarded Shimase Award for Love Stories|access-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref> * 2023: 168th Naoki Prize<ref name=naokisankei />
==Works== *{{nihongo3|''Fish God''|魚神|''Iogami''}}, Shueisha, 2009, {{isbn|9784087712766}} *{{nihongo||あとかた|''Atokata''}}, Shinchosha, 2013, {{isbn|9784103341918}} *{{nihongo3|''Male Friends''|男ともだち|''Otoko Tomodachi''}}, Bungeishunjū, 2014, {{isbn|9784163900667}} *{{nihongo||夜に啼く鳥は|''Yoru ni Naku Tori wa''}}, Kadokawa, 2016, {{isbn|9784041037294}} *{{nihongo|''Garden''|ガーデン|}}, Bungeishunjū, 2017, {{isbn|9784163906447}} *{{nihongo3|''Correct Women''|正しい女たち|''Tadashii Onnatachi''}}, Bungeishunjū, 2018, {{isbn|9784163908533}} *{{nihongo||しろがねの葉|''Shirogane no Ha''}}, Shinchosha, 2022, {{isbn|9784103341949}}
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