Naoyuki Ii
Introduction  is a noted Japanese author and professor of creative writing at Tokai University's Shonan campus.
Biography A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology). His first novel, ''Kusa no kanmuri'' (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. Champaign, IL and London: Dalkey Archive Press, 2011.
References
External links *  Naoyuki Ii at J'Lit Books from Japan *  Synopsis of ''The Shadow of a Blue Cat'' (''Aoneko kazoku tentenroku'') at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) *  Tokai University: Naoyuki Ii*  Japanese Literature Publishing Project English Program