Taeko Tomioka
Taeko Tomioka ( Japanese 富 岡 多 恵 子 , Tomioka Taeko ; born July 28, 1935 in Osaka , Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese poet, writer and critic.
Life
Tomioka Taeko studied English in Osaka and published her first collection of poems in 1958. After a brief activity as an English teacher, she moved to Tokyo , where she received the Muro Saisei Poetry Prize for her second volume of poetry. She stayed in New York for ten months and has traveled to various Asian countries.
In addition to volumes of poetry and collections of essays, she has published novels, short stories and biographies, and has also written plays that were performed in Japan. She wrote six scripts for director Masahiro Shinoda , including the one for the film Gonza, the Lance Fighter .
Taeko Tomioka received the Murō Saisei Poetry Prize in 1961 for Monogatari no akuru hi , in 1974 the Tamura Toshiko Prize for the novel Shokubutsusai and the Women's Literature Prize for Meido no kazoku , in 1977 the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize for the short story Tachikiri , as well 1997 the Noma Literature Prize for Hiberuni ato kiko .
Tomioka Taeko has been married to the artist Kishio Suga since 1969 .
Works (selection)
- Tomioka Taeko: waves . Translated from the Japanese by Jutta Vogt. Frankfurt: Angkor Verlag 2012. ISBN 978-3-936018-82-0
- Marriage (story), in: Frauen in Japan , ed. v. Barbara Yoshida-Krafft. DTV 1995. ISBN 3423110392
literature
- Christine L Marran: Tomioka Taeko's narative structure: objectivity and authorial presence. Thesis (MA) University of Washington, 1993
Web links
- Tomioka Taeko in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Taeko Tomioka at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tomioka, Taeko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 富 岡 多 恵 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese poet, writer and critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osaka , Osaka Prefecture |