Minae Mizumura
Minae Mizumura ( Japanese 水 村 美 苗 , Mizumura Minae ; * 1951 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese writer and literary scholar .
Life
Minae Mizumura was born in Tokyo. At the age of twelve, her father's work brought her family to Long Island , New York , where she grew up. She first studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , followed by a study visit to the Sorbonne in Paris . Eventually she studied French literature at Yale University . During her time at Yale Graduate School , she published the essay Renunciation on the work of the literary theorist Paul de Man . After graduating, Mizumura returned to Japan to pursue her writing career.
For her novel Honkaku shōsetsu (English A True Novel) Mizumura was awarded the 2003 Yomiuri Literature Prize.
Works
- 1990 Zoku meian ( 續 明暗 , English Light and Darkness Continued ), Shincho bunko, ISBN 4101338116
- 1995 Shishōsetsu from left to right ( 私 小説 from left to right , Engl. An I Novel from left to right ), Shinchōsha, ISBN 4480425853
- 1998 Tegami, shiori wo soete ( 手紙 、 栞 を 添 え て , English Letters with Bookmarks Attached ), first published in the Asahi Shimbun
- 2002 Honkaku shōsetsu ( 本 格 小説 ), Shincho bunko, in two volumes, ISBN 4101338132 , ISBN 4101338140
- A True Novel , translated into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter, Other Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59051-706-2
- 2008 Nihongo ga horobiru toki eigo no seiki no naka de ( 日本語 が 亡 び る と き 英語 の 世紀 世紀 の 中 で ), Chikuma shobō, ISBN 4480814965
- The Fall of the Japanese Language in the Age of English , translated into English by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter, Columbia University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0231163026
- 2009 Nihongo de yomu to iu koto ( 日本語 で 読 む と い う こ と ), Chikuma shobō, ISBN 9784480815019
- 2009 Nihongo de kaku to iu koto ( 日本語 で 書 く と い う こ と ), Chikuma shobō, ISBN 9784480815026
- 2012 Shinbun shōsetsu haha no isan ( 新聞 小説 母 の 遺産 ), Chuōkōronshinsha, ISBN 9784120043475
Web links
- http://mizumuraminae.com/eng/index.html
- http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/435-minae-mizumura
- http://www.publicbooks.org/fiction/what-makes-a-true-novel
- http://dspace.wul.waseda.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2065/27594/1/037.pdf Yoko Fujimoto, Contexts and 'Con-textuality' of Minae Mizumura's Honkaku-Shosetsu (A True Novel)
- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/01/03/books/book-reviews/novelist-mizumura-fights-arrest-fall-japanese-literature/
- http://www.bookslut.com/features/2015_03_021151.php
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minae Mizumura Biography. Retrieved June 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ J'lit. Retrieved June 26, 2016 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mizumura, Minae |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 水 村 美 苗 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |