# Akane Chihaya
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{{Short description|Japanese writer (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Akane Chihaya
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| native_name = 千早 茜
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|08|02}}
| birth_place = [Ebetsu, Hokkaido](/source/Ebetsu%2C_Hokkaido), Japan
| alma_mater = [Ritsumeikan University](/source/Ritsumeikan_University)
| occupation = Writer
| language = Japanese
| genre = Fiction
| notableworks = {{plainlist|
*''Iogami''
*''Atokata''
*''Otoko Tomodachi''
*''Shirogane no Ha''
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| awards = {{plainlist|
*Shōsetsu Subaru New Writers Award
*[Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature](/source/Izumi_Ky%C5%8Dka_Prize_for_Literature)
*Shimase Award for Love Stories
*[Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize)
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{{nihongo|'''Akane Chihaya'''|千早 茜|Chihaya Akane|born August 2, 1979}} is a [Japanese writer](/source/List_of_Japanese_women_writers). She has won the Shōsetsu Subaru New Writer Award, the [Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature](/source/Izumi_Ky%C5%8Dka_Prize_for_Literature), the Shimase Award for Love Stories, and the [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize).
== Early life and education ==
Chihaya was born in [Hokkaido](/source/Hokkaido) in 1979.[{{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](/source/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}}] From first grade through fifth grade Chihaya lived in [Zambia](/source/Zambia), where her father, who was working for the [Japan International Cooperation Agency](/source/Japan_International_Cooperation_Agency), taught [pathology](/source/pathology) at a university.[{{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}}] Her family returned to Japan, and Chihaya started writing poetry and keeping a diary while in high school.[{{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}}] Chihaya later graduated from [Ritsumeikan University](/source/Ritsumeikan_University) in [Kyoto](/source/Kyoto).[{{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](/source/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}}] After graduating from college she stayed in Kyoto and worked a variety of jobs at a cake shop, a medical office, and a museum.[{{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](/source/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}}][{{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](/source/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}}] 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.[{{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}}] ''Atokata'' won the [Shimase Award for Love Stories](/source/Shimase_Love_Literature_Prize) and was nominated for the 150th [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize), but did not win.[{{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}}][{{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}}] In July 2013 Chihaya married her husband.[{{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](/source/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}}] ''Otoko Tomodachi'' was nominated for the 151st [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize), but the prize went to Hiroyuki Kurokawa.[{{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](/source/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}}][{{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](/source/Kyodo_News)|via=[The Japan Times](/source/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}}]
Chihaya produced several books after her [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize) nominations, including the 2016 dark fantasy novel {{nihongo||夜に啼く鳥は|''Yoru ni Naku Tori wa''}},[{{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}}] the 2017 novel {{nihongo|''Garden''|ガーデン|}}, about a male editor and his relationships with the women around him,[{{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](/source/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}}] and the 2018 novel {{nihongo3|''Correct Women''|正しい女たち|''Tadashii Onnatachi''}}.[{{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](/source/Ry%C5%ABky%C5%AB_Shimp%C5%8D)|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}}] In 2023 Chihaya won the 168th [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize) for {{nihongo||しろがねの葉|''Shirogane no Ha''}}, sharing the prize with Satoshi Ogawa.[{{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](/source/Sankei_Shimbun)|date=January 19, 2023|access-date=January 19, 2023}}]
==Recognition==
* 2008: 21st Shōsetsu Subaru New Writer Award[{{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](/source/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}}]
* 2009: 37th [Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature](/source/Izumi_Ky%C5%8Dka_Prize_for_Literature)[{{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}}]
* 2013: Shimase Award for Love Stories[{{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}}]
* 2023: 168th [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize)