Taiwanese Naoki Prize winner shares experience / 直木賞台籍作家 返台談創作經歷　　　　　　　　　　

Taiwan-born novelist Higashiyama Akira was named winner of the biannual Japanese literary award Naoki Prize, he's the third Taiwanese writer to take the honor in its 80 year history. Last week, he held a press conference in Taiwan, for the Mandarin version of his novel "Ryu". Also during his visit, he met up with president Tsai Ying-wen, shared their thoughts on multinational community. ==HAGASHIYAMA AKIRA, Naoki Prize winner== Hello everyone, my name is Higashiyama Akira and I can speak Mandarin. Wang Chen-hsu, as known as Higashiyama Akira, was named the winner of the biannual Japanese Naoki Prize. He was hailed by the jury as one of the best winning titles in the last 20 years. ==HAGASHIYAMA AKIRA, Naoki Prize winner== At first I just wanted to write a young adult novel. Then I decided to set the background during 1975 in Taipei. So I have to describe the atmosphere during that time. Maybe because I was in Taipei during that period of time, thus I have a stronger impression of Taipei during that era. Set in 1970s Taiwan, his novel "Ryu" follows the young protagonist as he drifts to Japan and then mainland China tracing the secret behind his grandfather's murder and discovering his own family roots. Hagashiyama himself, moved to Japan at 5 with his family, because of that, he was able to capture the essence of identity crisis in his novels based on his real life experiences. ==HAGASHIYAMA AKIRA, Naoki Prize winner== For popular literature, aside from just conveying something, it also combines amusement. I guess in a way it can be considered as a novel for people's entertainment. ==HSIAO YEH, novelist== In 2016, this book is like a gift from heaven. Because it allows us to re-evaluate history, with a new set of eyes. It's more amusing, almost like going through the history with a roller coaster. It also contains the happiness of detective-novels. Higashiyama Akira is the third Taiwanese writer to win the Naoki Prize. Previous winners from Taiwan were Qiu Yong-han in 1995, and Chen Shun-chen in 1968. On June 17th, he met with president Tsai Ing-wen, they shared thoughts on multicultural community, and also experiences as cat owners. TRANSLATED BY：STELLA TU 在去年榮獲日本文壇的「直木賞」的台籍作家東山彰良，他以台灣小人物生命故事的作品「流」獲得這項殊榮。今天，這本小說推出中文版，他也回台舉辦記者會。 ==日本直木賞得主 東山彰良(王震緒)== 大家好 我是東山彰良 我會講國語 簡約風打扮、戴著眼鏡、相當親切斯文，他是東山彰良，本名王震緒。去年他以台灣籍身分獲得日本大眾文學的最高榮譽「直木賞」，更被日本大師級作家們盛讚，作品為20年一度的傑作。 ==日本直木賞得主 東山彰良(王震緒)== 當初想寫的只是一本青春小說 然後因為我決定 把它的舞台設定在台北 而且是1975年 所以我必須描述 當時的那種空氣 可能我的時間 我在台北生活的時間 就在那個年代停怠下來 所以我對那個年代的 台北的印象比較深刻 作品「流」，以70年代、尚未解嚴的台灣為背景，用推理小說的方式，描寫一名青少年，在祖父離奇遇害身亡後，探詢真相的故事，刻劃大時代中小人物的生命歷程。而作者本人，在5歲時就和家人移居日本，卻沒有文化上的隔閡，寫出充滿歷史意義，卻非單純描繪歷史的經典之作。 ==日本直木賞得主 東山彰良(王震緒)== 在大眾文學中 不只是想要傳達些什麼 還有再加上娛樂的部分 如果是這樣的話 我認為這就算是娛樂小說了 ==作家 小野== 此時此刻 2016年 從天上掉下來的一個禮物 因為他讓我們重新去看待 這麼沉重的歷史 卻可以用這麼娛樂 像坐雲霄飛車一般的 把歷史全部講完一遍 卻充滿了推理小說的快樂 東山彰良，是繼1955年邱永漢、1968年陳舜臣後，第三位獲得直木賞肯定的作家，這回返台分享尋根創作歷程，明天下午他也將會到總統府和總統蔡英文見面。 記者 曹晏郡 陳保羅 台北報導