村田沙耶香（1979—），日本女性小說家。Sayaka Murata’s novel “Vanishing World”描繪了一個平行宇宙，在那裡，人工授精成為全球常態，而性則退居次要地位。

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村田沙耶香（1979年8月14日—），日本女性小說家。

生平

沙耶香於千葉縣印西市出生，畢業於日本玉川大學文學系藝術文化專業，在學期間師承芥川獎作家宮原昭夫。2003年，沙耶香憑首部小說《授乳》獲群像新人文學獎優秀獎，2009年以《銀色之歌》奪下野間文藝新人獎，2013年憑《白色街道的那根骨頭的體溫》獲得三島由紀夫新人獎，2016年首次入圍芥川獎即以《便利店人間》獲獎。

作品

小說
順序年份日文書名中文書名出版社
012005年授乳講談社

022008年マウス講談社

03ギンイロノウタ新潮社

042010年星が吸う水星辰啜露講談社
金城出版社
052011年ハコブネ方舟集英社
新星出版社
062012年タダイマトビラ新潮社

07しろいろの街の、その骨の体温の朝日新聞出版

082014年殺人出産殺人生產講談社
皇冠文化
092015年消滅世界河出書房新社

102016年コンビニ人間便利店人間
人間便利店文藝春秋
悅知文化
湖南文藝出版社
112018年地球星人地球星人新潮社
三采文化
122019年生命式生命式河出書房新社
時報文化
13変半身筑摩書房

142020年丸の内魔法少女ミラクリーナ角川書店





Recognition

YearPrizeWorkNotes
2003 Gunzo Prize for New Writers[4] "Junyū" Won
2009 Mishima Yukio Prize[6] Gin'iro no Uta Nominated
2009 Noma Literary New Face Prize[25] Won
2010 Mishima Yukio Prize[6] Hoshi ga Sū Mizu Nominated
2012 Mishima Yukio Prize[6] Tadaima Tobira Nominated
2013 Mishima Yukio Prize[6] Shiroiro no Machi no, Sono Hone no Taion no Won
2014 Sense of Gender Awards[26] Satsujin Shussan Won
2016 Akutagawa Prize[7] Convenience Store Woman Won


Bibliography

Short story collections
Short story collections by Sayaka MurataTitleYearOriginal ISBNOriginal publisherStoriesNotesJunyū (授乳; "Breastfeeding") 2005 9784062127943 Kodansha "Junyū" (授乳; "Breastfeeding")
"Koibito" (コイビト; "Sweetheart")
"Otogi no Heya" (御伽の部屋; "The Fairytale Room")
Gin'iro no Uta (ギンイロノウタ; "Silver Song") 2009 9784103100713 Shinchosha "Hikari no Ashioto" (ひかりのあしおと; "Footsteps of Light")
"Gin'iro no Uta" (ギンイロノウタ; "Silver Song")
Hoshi ga Sū Mizu (星が吸う水; "Water for the Stars") 2010 9784062160971 Kodansha "Hoshi ga Sū Mizu" (星が吸う水; "Water for the Stars")
"Gamazumi Kōkai" (ガマズミ航海; "Linden Arrowwood Voyage")
Satsujin Shussan (殺人出産; "The Murder Births") 2014 9784062190466 Kodansha "Satsujin Shussan" (殺人出産; "The Murder Births")
"Triple" (トリプル, Toripuru)
"A Clean Marriage" (清潔な結婚, Saiketsu na Kekkon)
"Final Days" (余命, Yomei) "A Clean Marriage" was published in English in Granta 127: Japan in 2014, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[27]
"Final Days" was published in English in Freeman's: Change in 2021, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[28]
Life Ceremony (生命式, Seimeishiki) 2019 9784309028309 Kawade Shobo Shinsha "A First-Rate Material" (素敵な素材, Suteki na Sozai)
"A Magnificent Spread" (素晴らしい食卓, Subarashī Shokutaku)
"A Summer Night's Kiss" (夏の夜の口付け, Natsu no Yoru no Kuchizuke)
"Two's Family" (二人家族, Futari Kazoku)
"The Time of the Large Star" (大きな星の時間, Ōki na Hoshi no Jikan)
"Poochie" (ポチ, Pochi)
"Life Ceremony" (生命式, Seimeishiki)
"Body Magic" (魔法のからだ, Mahō no Karada)
"Lover on the Breeze" (かぜのこいびと, Kaze no Koibito)
"Puzzle" (パズル, Pazuru)
"Eating the City" (街を食べる, Machi o Taberu)
"Hatchling" (孵化, Fuka) The collection was published in English by Grove Atlantic in 2022 (ISBN 9780802159588), translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[29]
"A First-Rate Material" was published in English in Freeman's: The Future of New Writing in 2017, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[30]
"A Summer Night's Kiss" was published in English in Astra: Ecstasy in 2022, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[31]
Marunouchi Mahō Shōjo Mirakurīna (丸の内魔法少女ミラクリーナ; "Mirakurīna the Marunouchi Magical Girl") 2020 9784041084236 Kadokawa "Marunouchi Mahō Shōjo Mirakurīna" (丸の内魔法少女ミラクリーナ; "Mirakurīna the Marunouchi Magical Girl")
"Himitsu no Hanazono" (秘密の花園; "Secret Flower Garden")
"Musei Kyōshitsu" (無性教室; "Genderless Classroom")
"Hen'yō" (変容; "Transformation")
Faith (信仰, Shinkō) 2022 9784163915500 Bungeishunjū "Faith" (信仰, Shinkō)
"Survival" (生存, Seizon)
"Tsuchi no Shō Uruoi Okoru" (土脉潤起; "Rain Moistens the Soil")[a]
"Karera no Wakusei e Kaette Iku Koto" (彼らの惑星へ帰っていくこと; "Returning to Their Planet")
"Culture Shock" (カルチャーショック, Karuchā Shokku)
"Kimochiyosa Toiu Tsumi" (気持ちよさという罪; "The Sin of Feeling Good")
"Kakanakatta Shōsetsu" (書かなかった小説; "The Story That Wasn't Written")
"Saigo no Tenrankai" (最後の展覧会; "The Last Exhibition") "Faith" was published in English in Granta: The Online Edition in 2020, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[32]
"Survival" was published in English in Tales of Two Planets in 2022 (ISBN 9780143133926), translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[33]


Novels
Novels by Sayaka MurataTitleYearOriginal ISBNOriginal publisherNotesMouse (マウス, Mausu) 2008 9784062145893 Kodansha
Hakobune (ハコブネ; "Ark") 2011 9784087714289 Shueisha
Tadaima Tobira (タダイマトビラ; "A Welcoming Door") 2012 9784103100720 Shinchosha
Shiroiro no Machi no, Sono Hone no Taion no (しろいろの街の、その骨の体温の; "Of Bones, of Body Heat, of Whitening City") 2012 9784022510112 Asahi Shimbun
Shōmetsu Sekai (消滅世界; "Dwindling World") 2015 9784309024325 Kawade Shobo Shinsha Published in English as Vanishing World by Grove Atlantic in 2025 (ISBN 9780802164667), translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[34]
Convenience Store Woman (コンビニ人間, Konbini Ningen) 2016 9784163906188 Bungeishunjū Published in English by Grove Atlantic in 2018 (ISBN 9780802128256), translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[35]
Earthlings (地球星人, Chikyū Seijin) 2018 9784103100737 Shinchosa Published in English by Grove Atlantic in 2020 (ISBN 9780802157003), translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.[36]
Kawarimi (変半身かわりみ; "Changeability") 2019 9784480804914 Chikuma Shobō