So Aono
Sō Aono ( Japanese 青 野 聰 , Aono Sō ; born July 27, 1943 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese writer.
Life
Aono was born in Tokyo as the third son of the well-known literary critic Suekichi Aono and Matsui Matsue. Aono's mother died when he was two years old; he was raised by his stepmother. Aono studied Japanese literature at Waseda University but left the university without a degree to travel. He toured Europe and North Africa and returned to Japan in 1971 to make his debut as a writer.
From 1972 to 1977 he traveled again through Europe. Since returning to Japan, he has published literary works and reviews. He currently teaches as professor of literature at Tama Art University in Tokyo. He is married to the actress Moe Kamura ( 佳 村 萌 ).
Along with Haruki Murakami , Ryū Murakami as well as Yamada Emi and Banana Yoshimoto , Aono is one of the outstanding Japanese writers of the eighties and nineties, who are also called "The Internationals" and whose aim was to make Japan more international.
Aono translated Charles Bukowski's works into Japanese. He was also a member of the selection committee for the Mishima Prize and the Hirabayashi Taiko Prize for Literature .
In his novel "Haha yo" (German: "Mother where are you"), which was published in 1991, Aono speaks both about "the sky with the special blue over the Adatara Mountains near Fukushima" and about the dangerousness of the Fukushima nuclear power plants with the Words: "If an accident happened, this area, which is not far from the coast, would be helpless in the face of the catastrophe."
Prizes and awards
- 1979 Akutagawa Prize for Gusha no yoru ( 愚者 の 夜 , Night of the Fools )
- 1984 Noma literary award for young writers Haha kara no koe ( 女 か ら の 声 )
- 1998 MEXT Award - Minister of Education and Teaching Art Prize for Ningen no itonami ( 人間 の い と な み ).
- 1991 Yomiuri Literature Prize for Haha yo ( 母 よ ).
Works
- 1991 Haha yo ( 母 よ )
- dt. mother where are you . An autobiographical novel. Translated by Thomas Eggenberg, who was awarded the Japan Foundation's Translation Prize in 2010 . bebra Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86124-906-1 .
Translations
- 1994 Charles Bukowski : Machi de ichiban no bijo ( 町 で い ち ば ん の 美女 , i.e. the most beautiful woman in the whole city )
- 1995 Charles Bukowski: Arikitari no kyōki no monogatari ( あ り き た り の 狂 気 の 物語 , i.e. bad losers )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduard Klopfenstein in the afterword of the book "Mother where are you"
- ^ Review of the book "Mutter wo bist du" by Jürgen Betten in the FAZ
- ↑ Review of the book "Mother where are you" by Marissa
- ↑ 芥 川 賞 受 賞 者 一 覧. In: Bungei Shunjū. Retrieved January 27, 2010 (Japanese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aono, Sō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 青 野 聰 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |