绵矢莉莎

绵矢莉莎（日语：绵矢 りさ／わたや りさ，罗马化：Wataya Risa，1984年2月1日—），本名山田梨沙（日语：山田 梨沙／やまだ りさ，罗马化：Yamada Risa），日本小说家，毕业于早稻田大学教育学部国语国文学科。

人物

笔名由来是依姓名学参考高中同学姓氏“绵谷＝わたや＝绵矢”、本名“梨沙＝りさ”。

出生于京都府京都市左京区，自幼就喜欢阅读，包括江户川乱步、那须正干的作品与《爱丽丝梦游仙境》。中学时接触了玛格丽特·米契尔的代表作《飘》与田边圣子的《言い寄る》。

在17岁高中就读时，凭着小说《Install毒蘑菇》夺得第三十八届文艺赏，19岁就读大学一年级时，以《欠踹的背影》一书荣获第一百三十届芥川龙之介奖，成为该两样奖项最年轻的得奖作家。

作品

《Install毒蘑菇》（インストール），河出书房新社，2001年11月出版，ISBN 4-309-01437-2 / 尖端出版，2005年3月出版，ISBN 957-1025771

《欠踹的背影》（蹴りたい背中），河出书房新社，2003年8月26日出版，ISBN 4-309-01570-0 / 尖端出版，2004年12月出版，ISBN 957-8035128

《梦女孩》（梦を与える），河出书房新社，2007年2月8日出版，ISBN 978-4309018041 / 平装本出版社，2008年8月25日出版，ISBN 978-9578037076

《这样不是太可怜了吗？》（かわいそうだね？）

《手写信》（ひらいて），新潮社，2012年出版，ISBN 978-4103326212 / 平装本出版社，2014年8月出版，ISBN 978-9578039209

《掌心里的京都》（手のひらの京），新潮社，2016年出版，ISBN 978-4-10-332623-6 / 九州出版社，2022年出版，ISBN 978-7-5225-1107-8

Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ, Wataya Risa; born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.

Biography

Wataya was born in Kyoto, Japan. Her mother was a university English teacher, and her father worked for a clothing company. At age 17, she told her parents that she was working on her university entrance exams, but she was actually writing her first novella, titled Insutōru (Install). Insutōru won the 38th Bungei Prize in 2001. It was later adapted into a 2004 film of the same name, starring Aya Ueto.

After graduating from Murasakino High School in Kyoto, Wataya attended Waseda University, where her thesis focused on the structure of Osamu Dazai's Hashire merosu (走れ、メロス Run, Melos!). In 2004, while a second-year student at Waseda, Wataya received the Akutagawa Prize for her short novel Keritai senaka ("The Back You Want to Kick"). Wataya shared the prize with Hitomi Kanehara, another young, female author. At the age of 19, Wataya became the youngest author and only the third student ever to win the Akutagawa Prize. An English version of Keritai senaka was published 12 years later under the title I Want to Kick You in the Back.

Wataya did not immediately write more novels after winning the Akutagawa Prize, but rather worked several jobs in Kyoto, including selling clothes in a department store and serving as a hotel waitress. She returned to writing with her 2007 book Yume wo ataeru (Give Me a Dream), and in 2010 her novel Katte ni furuetero (Tremble All You Want) became a best-seller in Japan. In 2017 a film adaptation of Katte ni furuetero, directed by Akiko Ohku, premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival and won the festival's Audience Award.

Wataya moved back to Kyoto in 2011. In 2012 her novel Kawaisou da ne? ("Isn't it a pity?") won the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Wataya announced her marriage in 2014. Her first child, a son, was born in late 2015.

She is a fan of AKB48.

Writing style

Wataya's early work focused on strong female protagonists in high school settings. While her writing addresses gender and youth sexuality, media coverage of Wataya's first two books tended to portray Wataya as more conservative than Hitomi Kanehara, her contemporary and co-winner of the 130th Akutagawa Prize.

She has said that Junot Díaz, Osamu Dazai, and Haruki Murakami are some of her favorite authors.

Recognition

2001 38th Bungei Prize

2004 130th Akutagawa Prize (2003下)

2012 Kenzaburo Oe Prize

Film and other adaptations

2004 Insutōru (Install)

2017 Tremble All You Want

2021 Unlock Your Heart