Hiromi Kawakami

Hiromi Kawakami ( Japanese 川 上 弘 美 , Kawakami Hiromi ); (* April 1, 1958 in Tokyo Prefecture as Hiromi Yamada ( 山田 弘 美 ), Yamada Hiromi ), is one of the most famous contemporary Japanese writers . In the beginning she wrote science fiction .

After studying science, she first taught biology before a collection of short stories from her under the title Kamisama (God) appeared in 1994 .

For Hebi o fumu she received the Akutagawa Prize in 1996 , the Itō-Sei Literature Prize and the Women's Literature Prize for Oboreru in 2000 and the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for Sensei no kaban in 2001 .

Works (selection)

• Kamisama ( 神 様 ), 1993
  • German "The Bear God". In: Neue Rundschau 123 (1), pp. 20–33, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2012 ISBN 978-3108090883 (This translation contains the original version from 1993 and the version revised by Hiromi Kawakami after the events in Fukushima in 2011)
• Hebi o fumu ( 蛇 を 踏 む ), 1996
• Sensei no kaban ( セ ン セ イ の 鞄 ), "The teacher's portfolio", 2000
  • dt. “The sky is blue, the earth is white. A Lovestory". Novel, translated by Ursula Gräfe and K. Nakayama-Ziegler, 2000, ISBN 978-3-446-20999-2 .
  • As an audio book in German: The sky is blue, the earth is white . A love story: Read by Fritzi Haberlandt , Verlag Hörbuch Hamburg, Hamburg 2010, 4 CDs
  • As a graphic novel, implemented by Jiro Taniguchi in 2 volumes in Carlsen Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3551754479 and ISBN 978-3551754486 .
• Nishino Yukihiko no koi to bōken ( ニ シ ノ ユ キ ヒ コ の 恋 と 冒 険 ), 2003
  • German "The ten loves of Nishino". Roman, translated by U. Gräfe and K. Nakayama-Ziegler, Hanser Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-446-26169-3 .
• Furudōgu nakano shōten ( 古 道具 中 野 商店 ), 2005
  • German "Mr. Nakano and the women". Novel, translated by U. Gräfe and K. Nakayama-Ziegler, Hanser Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23274-7 .
• Manazuru ( 真 鶴 ), 2006
  • German "It's warmer by the sea: a love story". Novel, translated by U. Gräfe and K. Nakayama-Ziegler; Hanser Verlag, Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3-446-23553-3 .
• Kazahana ( 風 花 ), 2008
  • German "See you next year in spring". Novel, translated by U. Gräfe and K. Nakayama-Ziegler; Hanser Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24128-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hiromi Kawakami in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hiromi Kawakami in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Hiromi Kawakami at Open Library
• Pearl divers reviews too: The sky is blue, the earth is white
• Reviews of: The sky is blue, the earth is white, Mr. Nakano and the women, It's warmer by the sea: A love story, See you next year in spring
• Mogera Wogura , engl.
• Interview with Hiromi Kawakami
• Lisette Gebhardt (2009): “Lifestyle and Psychodesign in Japanese 'Moratorium Literature' - Kawakami Hiromi and Ogawa Yôko”. Research on contemporary Japanese literature, booklet series of Japanologie Frankfurt, vol. 1, 38 pp.