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)
 * 2000 Yomiuri Literary Prize, for Nigotta gekiryu ni kakaru hashi (Bridge Over a Muddy Torrent)

English translations

 * My visit to the Yubijima Isles, translated by M. Jacob and edited by Harry Aveling, Bundoora, Vic. : La Trobe University, School of Asian Studies, 1996. 18 pages.
 * Aoneko kazoku tentenroku (The Shadow of a Blue Cat), translated by Wayne P. Lammers, Japanese Literature Publishing Project.