Education
A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology).
伊井 直行
A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Ii graduated in 1978 from Keio University with a degree in history (archaeology and ethnology).
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).