Eiichi Ikegami becomes first Okinawan to win Futaro Yamada award with novel Historia
Winner of the Futaro Yamada award Eiichi Ikegami on October 23 in Tokyo
October 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 8th annual Futaro Yamada literary award ceremony was held on October 23 at a hotel in Tokyo.
Historia (Kadokawa), written by 47-year old novelist Eiichi Ikegami from Naha City, was selected as the winner.
It has been regarded as the most interesting popular fiction novel in the past year.
This is the first time a novelist from Okinawa has won this award.
Ikegami said with a smile that his novel, which centers around Colonia Okinawa in Bolivia, will be enjoyable for the people of Colonia Okinawa.
Kadokawa established the Futaro Yamada award in 2009 to discover promising authors who may follow in the footsteps of leading postwar Japan popular fiction author Futaro Yamada.
The selection committee took notice of Ikegami’s novel in part because it “conveys the message that the war is ongoing in Okinawa.
” With the stage set in Bolivia, Historia tells a tale of Mabui, whose family was lost in the Battle of Okinawa. Ikegami says Historia is distinct from his novels The Tempest and Léquios, which are set in Okinawa.
(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)
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