Kiku Amino
| Kiku Amino | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kiku Amino January 16, 1900 Akasaka, Tokyo |
| Died |
May 15, 1978 (aged 78) Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo |
| Occupation | Author, translator |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Notable works | Ichigo ichie (Once in a Lifetime), Kisha no nakade (On the Train), Kin no kan (A Golden Coffin) |
| Spouse |
Shiga Naoya (m. 1923–1936) |
Kiku Amino (網野 菊 Amino Kiku, January 16, 1900 - May 15, 1978)[1] was a Japanese author and translator of English and Russian literature.
Amino was born in Azabu Mamiana-cho and raised in Akasaka, Tokyo, where her father was a well-to-do sadler. Her mother left when Amino was six, after which she had three stepmothers. She graduated from the Japan Women's University in 1920 with a degree in English, then worked as a part-time assistant editor at a magazine, and from 1921-1926 a substitute English teacher at the university. In 1921 she published a self-financed collection of stories entitled Aki (Autumn), and in 1923 met author Shiga Naoya whose disciple she became. She married in 1930, living in Hooten, Manchuria, from 1930-1938, but divorced in 1936. She did not publish while married, but made a comeback with a collection of short stories called Kisha no nakade (On the Train) in 1940.
She was a member of the Japan Art Academy and received the 1947 Women's Literature Prize for Kin no kan (A Golden Coffin), and the 1967 Yomiuri Prize[2] and Japan Academy of the Arts prize for her short story Ichigo ichie (Once in a Lifetime). She is buried in Aoyama Reien, 2-32-2 Minami Aoyama, where Shiga Naoya is also buried.
References
- ↑ Shibata., Schierbeck, Sachiko (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993. Edelstein, Marlene R. [Copenhagen]: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 73–76. ISBN 9788772892689. OCLC 32348453.
- ↑ "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
Sources
- Donald Keene, Dawn to the West: Japanese literature of the modern era, fiction, Volume 1, 2nd edition, Columbia University Press, 1998, pages 528-531. ISBN 978-0-231-11434-9.
- Japanese Wikipedia article
- Prominent People of Minato City (with photo)
