birth_date: 1964-01-03 00:00:00
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name: Toshiyuki Horie
about: Toshiyuki Horie (堀江 敏幸 Horie Toshiyuki, born January 3, 1964) is a Japanese author and translator.Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University, where he now is a professor of creative writing. He studied for three years at the University of Paris III on a French government scholarship.Horie, who is also a member of many literary prize selection committees, is a critic and translator of authors including Michel Foucault, Hervé Guibert, Michel Rio, and Jacques Réda.His books have been translated into French and Korean.Books (selection)Kōgai e (郊外へ, "To the Suburbs"), 1995Shigosen wo motomete (子午線を求めて, "In Search of the Meridian"), 2000Kakareru te (書かれる手, "The Hand Which is Written"), 20001999 Mishima Prize for Oparavan Toshiyuki Horie (堀江 敏幸 Horie Toshiyuki, born January 3, 1964) is a Japanese author and translator.Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University, where he now is a professor of creative writing. He studied for three years at the University of Paris III on a French government scholarship.Horie, who is also a member of many literary prize selection committees, is a critic and translator of authors including Michel Foucault, Hervé Guibert, Michel Rio, and Jacques Réda.His books have been translated into French and Korean.Books (selection)Kōgai e (郊外へ, "To the Suburbs"), 1995Shigosen wo motomete (子午線を求めて, "In Search of the Meridian"), 2000Kakareru te (書かれる手, "The Hand Which is Written"), 20001999 Mishima Prize for Oparavan (おぱらばん)2001 Akutagawa Prize for Kuma no shikiishi (The Bear And The Paving Stone, 熊の敷石)2004 Tanizaki Prize for Yukinuma to sono shūhen (Yukinuma and Its Environs, 雪沼とその周辺)2005 Yomiuri Prize for Kagan bōjitsushō2010 Yomiuri Prize, Section for Essay &amp; Travelogue, for Seigen Kyokusen (正弦曲線, "Sine Curve")2012 Sei Itō Literary Prize for Nazuna (なずな)2013 Mainichi Book Review Prize for Furiko de kotoba wo saguru yō ni (振り子で言葉を探るように, "Like Fumbling for Words with a Pendulum")(from Wikipedia) ...more