Toshiyuki Horie

Toshiyuki Horie (堀江 敏幸) is a Japanese author, translator, and scholar of French literature.

Biography
Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University, where he is now a professor of creative writing. He studied for three years at the University of Paris III on a French government scholarship. Horie, who is also a member of many literary prize selection committees, is a critic and translator of authors including Michel Foucault, Hervé Guibert, Michel Rio, and Jacques Réda. His books have been translated into French, Korean, and English.

Books (selection)

 * Kōgai e (郊外へ, "To the Suburbs"), 1995
 * Shigosen wo motomete (子午線を求めて, "In Search of the Meridian"), 2000
 * Kakareru te (書かれる手, "The Hand Which is Written"), 2000
 * Kuma no shikiishi (熊の敷石, "The Bear and the Paving Stone"), 2000

Prizes

 * 1999 Mishima Yukio Prize for Oparavan (おぱらばん)
 * 2001 Akutagawa Prize for Kuma no shikiishi (The Bear And The Paving Stone, 熊の敷石)
 * 2004 Tanizaki Prize for Yukinuma to sono shūhen (Yukinuma and Its Environs, 雪沼とその周辺)
 * 2005 Yomiuri Prize for Kagan bōjitsushō
 * 2010 Yomiuri Prize, Section for Essay & Travelogue, for Seigen Kyokusen (正弦曲線, "Sine Curve")
 * 2012 Sei Itō Literary Prize for Nazuna (なずな)
 * 2013 Mainichi Book Review Prize for Furiko de kotoba wo saguru yō ni (振り子で言葉を探るように, "Like Fumbling for Words with a Pendulum")