村山由佳(むらやま ゆか、1964年生まれ)は、日本の小説家。立教大学文学部を卒業し、会社勤務などを経て、1993年に『天使の卵――エンジェルス・エッグ』で小説すばる新人賞を受賞してデビューした。恋愛や性、家族関係を題材に、他者への欲望と社会的な規範の間で揺れる人々や、自分の人生を取り戻そうとする女性たちを描いている。2003年に直木賞を受賞した代表作『星々の舟』は、一つの家族を構成する複数の人物の視点から描いた六編の連作短編集である。互いへの思いを断ち切れない兄妹、妻子ある男性との関係を続ける末妹、会社にも家庭にも居場所を見いだせない長兄、戦争の記憶を抱える父など、それぞれが家族には明かせない過去や欲望を持ちながら、同じ「家」という舟に乗って生きる姿を描いている。
Yuka Murayama (born 1964) is a Japanese novelist. After graduating from the Faculty of Literature at Rikkyo University and working in several company positions, she made her literary debut by winning the Shosetsu Subaru New Writers’ Award for "Tenshi no Tamago: Enjerusu Eggu" in 1993. Through stories about romance, sexuality, and family relationships, she portrays people divided between their desires and social expectations, as well as women attempting to regain control of their own lives. Her best-known work, "Hoshiboshi no Fune," received the Naoki Prize in 2003. The six linked stories present a single family from the perspectives of its different members: a brother and sister unable to suppress their feelings for each other, a younger sister involved with a married man, an eldest brother who feels displaced both at work and at home, and a father burdened by memories of war. Each carries a past or desire that cannot be disclosed to the others while continuing to share the same family “vessel.”
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