Rie Yoshiyuki

Rie Yoshiyuki
Native name 吉行 理恵
Born (1939-07-08)July 8, 1939
Tokyo, Japan
Died May 4, 2006(2006-05-04) (aged 66)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Writer
Language Japanese
Nationality Japanese
Alma mater Waseda University
Genre Fiction
Notable works
  • Yume no naka de
  • Mahōtsukai no Kushan Neko
  • Chisana Kifujin
  • Kiiroi Neko
Notable awards
Relatives

Rie Yoshiyuki (吉行 理恵, Yoshiyuki Rie, July 8, 1939 – May 4, 2006) was a Japanese poet and novelist.[1] She won the Noma Literary Children's Literature New Face Prize, the Women's Literature Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.

Biography

Early life

Her father was the author Eisuke Yoshiyuki. Her mother was Aguri Yoshiyuki, a beauty shop owner whose autobiography was adapted into an NHK television series.[2] Her older brother Junnosuke was also a novelist and her older sister Kazuko is an actress. She graduated from the department of literature at Waseda University in 1961.[1]

Career

Yoshiyuki's first poetry collection was published in 1963, titled Aoi Heya (青い部屋, Blue Room). She won the Tamura Toshiko Prize for another collection, Yume no Naka de (夢の中で, In a Dream), which was published in 1967.[1]

Her children's novel Mahōtsukai no Kushan Neko (まほうつかいのくしゃんねこ, Sneezing Cat, a Magician) was published in 1970 and won the 9th Noma Literary Children's Literature New Face Prize.[3][1] In 1981 she won the Akutagawa Prize for Chisana Kifujin (小さな貴婦人, Little Lady).[4] In 1989 she won the Women's Literature Prize for Yellow Cat (黄色い猫, Kiiroi Neko).[5]

Yoshiyuki died in Tokyo on May 4, 2006 of thyroid cancer.[6]

Recognition

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sachiko Shibata Schierbeck; Marlene R. Edelstein (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-87-7289-268-9.
  2. ↑ "Pioneering beautician Aguri Yoshiyuki dies at 107". The Japan Times. August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "野間児童文芸新人賞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "芥川賞受賞者一覧". 日本文学振興会 (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "女流文学賞受賞作品一覧". Chuokoron-Shinsha. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "吉行理恵さん死去／芥川賞作家、詩人". Shikoku News (in Japanese). May 8, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2018.


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