Morimoto Kaoru
Morimoto Kaoru ( Japanese 森 本 薫 ; born June 4, 1912 in Nakatsu, (today: district of Osaka ); † October 6, 1946 , Kyoto Prefecture ) was a Japanese playwright and translator.
Life
Morimoto dealt with Noël Coward and William Somerset Maugham in his school days . He studied English at the University of Kyoto . After several pieces Morimoto became known with the great five-part drama Onno no isshō ( 女 の 一生 , "A woman's life"), which he ended in 1945. The play was originally written for the Tsukiji Shōgekijō , but was premiered a few months before the end of the war in the literary theater Bungaku-za because of the destruction of the house in the bombing of Tokyo . The director was Kubota Mantarō , and the main role, which she also took on in several later new productions, played the actress Sugimura Haruko . Morimoto revised the play in 1946, shortly before he died of complications from tuberculosis.
Works (selection)
- Onno no isshō ( 女 の 一生 ), "A woman's life", translated by Koji Oi, in: The reeds, No. 8th
Web links
- J. Thomas Rimer, Mitsuya Mori, M. Cody Poulton: "The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Drama" , new edition Columbia University Press, 2014, ISBN 9780231537131 , p. 189
- Works by Morimoto at Aozora Bunko (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 森 本 薫 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved December 25, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ Information according to the translation database of the Japan Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morimoto, Kaoru |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 森 本 薫 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese playwright and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nakatsu, Osaka |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1946 |
| Place of death | Kyoto Prefecture |