Naoyuki Ii

Naoyuki Ii (伊井直行, September 1, 1953 - ) is a noted Japanese author and professor of creative writing at Tokai University's Shonan campus.

A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology). His first novel, Kusakanmuri (The Grass Radical), was published in 1983, and received the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Subsequent prizes include:

• 1989 Noma Literary Prize for New Writers, for Sashite juyo denai ichinichi (A Day of Little Importance)
• 1994 Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, for Shinka no tokei (Evolution Clock)
• 2001 Yomiuri Literary Prize, for Nigotta gekiryu ni kakaru hashi (Bridge Over a Muddy Torrent)

References

• Japanese Wikipedia article
• Tokai University: Naoyuki Ii
• JLPP German Program