Li Kotomi
Li Qinfeng | |
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| Native name | 李琴峰 |
| Born | 26 December 1989 Taiwan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese, Mandarin |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University Waseda University |
| Genre | Fiction |
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Li Qinfeng (Chinese: 李琴峰; born 26 December 1989), known by her pen name Li Kotomi (りことみ), is a Taiwanese-born fiction writer, translator and essayist, who writes in Mandarin[citation needed] and Japanese. Her Japanese novel Hitorimai (Solo Dance) received the 60th Gunzo New Writers' Award for Excellence in 2017. In 2021, her novel Higanbana ga saku shima (An Island Where Red Spider Lilies Bloom) won the 165th Akutagawa Prize.[1]
Early life
Li was born in Taiwan and her native language is Chinese. She began studying Japanese at the age of 15.[2] In 2013, she moved to Japan to study at Waseda University and has been living there since.[3]
Li Qinfeng is a pen name. "Li" is derived from a piece of Chinese classical literature, "Three Lis in Ci (詞中三李)", which refers to three famous Chinese poets Li Yu, Li Bai and Li Qingzhao. "Qin (琴)" is pronounced as "Koto" in Japanese, which is a word she has always liked. "Feng (峰)" is derived from a Chinese poem by Wang Guowei.[4]
Writing
In 2017, Li's work Solo Dance was awarded the Gunzo Prize for New Writers.[5] She is known for addressing LGBT topics in her work[6] and has been interviewed for her representation of same-sex relationships between women.[7] Li became the first Taiwanese writer to win the Akutagawa Prize in 2021, for her work "An Island Where Red Spider Lilies Bloom".[8]
Works
In Japanese
- Solo Dance (独り舞, Hitorimai, 2018)
- Count to Five and the Crescent Moon (五つ数えれば三日月が, 2019)
- Moon and Starlight Night (星月夜（ほしつきよる）, 2020)
- The Night of the Shining North Star (ポラリスが降り注ぐ夜, 2020)
- An Island Where Red Spider Lilies Bloom (彼岸花が咲く島, 2021)
- Celebrating Life (生を祝う, 2021)
In English
- Solo Dance, trans. Arthur Reiji Morris, World Editions, 2022, ISBN 9781642861143
References
Citations
- ^ "li kotomi". Total Taipei. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Li Kotomi". nippon.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Kotomi Li – The Hong Kong International Literary Festival". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ 陳亭均 (17 July 2019). "反出生主義信仰者 李琴峰——在文學裡重生 - 今周刊". www.businesstoday.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Chiang & Chung 2019.
- ^ "「外国人が描いたLGBT小説」とは一体何か。 作家・李琴峰が日本文学に思うこと". ハフポスト (in Japanese). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "李琴峰さん「星月夜」インタビュー 女性同士の恋愛、実感を込めて描く｜好書好日". 好書好日 (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Yang, Ming-chu; Lee, Hsin-Yin (29 August 2021). "Japan-based author first Taiwanese to win Akutagawa Prize". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
Works cited
- Chiang, Pei-ling; Chung, Yu-chen (15 February 2019). "Taiwan author discusses gay literature at book exhibition". Focus Taiwan. Taipei: Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
External links
- 21st-century Taiwanese women writers
- 21st-century Taiwanese writers
- Taiwanese expatriates in Japan
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Waseda University alumni
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Taiwanese translators
- Taiwanese women essayists
- Taiwanese women novelists
- Taiwanese novelists
- Pseudonymous women writers
- Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers
- Akutagawa Prize winners