Taku Mayumura

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Taku Mayumura ( jap. 眉村卓 Mayumura Taku , * 20th October 1934 in Nishinari-ku , Osaka ; † 3. November 2019 in Abeno-ku , Osaka) was a Japanese science fiction - writer and haiku poet put. He won the Seiun Award for best novel twice . Mayumura was also an author of youth literature , whose works were adapted from doramas , films and animes . Mayumura was an honorary member of the SFWJ ( Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan ).

biography

Mayumara was born in 1934 as ( Japanese 村上 卓 児 , Murakami Takuji ) in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.

He graduated from Osaka University in 1957 with a degree in economics, and then started a career as a judo competitor in the Kosen Judo Nanatei League. After graduating, he joined a company. While working at the company, he wrote short novels and submitted them to competitions in commercial literary magazines.

In 1960 he joined the SF Fanzine Uchūjin . In 1961 he won the award for the best story at the 1st Kūsō-Kagaku Shōsetsu Competition (later the Hayakawa SF Contest) for his novel Kakyū Aidea-man and made his debut in SF Magazine through this work.

In 1965 he retired from the company and began working as an independent writer. Mayumura's first book, the SF novel ( Japanese 燃 え る 傾斜 , Moeru Keisha ) was published by Tōto Shobo in the same year. In 1979 he won the seventh Izumi Kyōka Literature Prize and the Seiun Prize for his novel Shōmetsu no kōrin ( Japanese 消滅 の 光 輪 ), which is the representative work in his Shiseikan series. In 1996 he won his second Seiun Prize for one Another part of the Shiseikan series, the long novel Hikishio no Toki ( Japanese 引 き 潮 の と き ).

As a literary theorist, he advocated the "Insider Bungaku-ron" (theory of the literature of insiders). In keeping with this theme, his novels often deal with problematic relationships between individuals and the corporate or bureaucratic organizations of which they are part.

Mayumura was also a well-known young adult writer. His representative works in this area were Nazo no Tenkousei and Nerawareta Gakuen , among others . These works were adapted by NHK in Japanese television series, and were also the basis for movies. His works have also been shown as anime, such as Toki no Tabibito .

In 2002 his wife died of cancer. Mayumura had written a very brief story for his wife every day since the cancer diagnosis, who had been bedridden in the hospital since the cancer was diagnosed. When his stories, written and numbered every day, reached until 1778, his wife died. These stories were compiled and published. The film 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife ( Japanese 僕 と 妻 の 1778 の 物語 Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari ), based on this true story, was shot in 2009 and released in 2011.

As of 2008, Mayumura was a professor at the Osaka University of Arts Graduate School.

He died of aspiration pneumonia in the early morning of November 3, 2019 .

Haiku

Mayumura was also a haiku poet. He was a member of the haiku club in his high school. He published his haiku work in the haiku coterie magazine Ashibu ( Japanese 馬 酔 木 ), where Shūōshi Mizuhara was president. He was also a member of the haiku magazine Uzu ( jap. 渦 ). In 2009 he published the haiku book Kiri wo yuku ( Japanese 霧 を 行 く ).

subjects

Mayumura wrote a variety of stories. His fictions ranged from ordinary life scenes of ordinary people to the fantasy worlds hidden in everyday life, to the interstellar federation of the distant future. Particularly strange and fantastic aspects of reality that border on ordinary life are the essence of his fantastic stories.

Awards

Works

Published in German

Novels

Shiseikan

The Shiseikan series (administrator) is summarized as follows: In the distant future, the people of the earth will form the Terrestrial Federation; Terrestrial humans have spread far across space and colonized numerous planets and solar systems. The Federation set up local governments on these planets to establish law and order among the human settlers and to mediate between terrestrial and gifted aliens who were originally born, evolved, and lived on certain of these planets before the settlers arrived. In the early days, the planets were ruled by federation-oriented military juntas; However, the federation has begun recalling the military administrations and sending civil administrators to rule on their behalf. The problems these administrators face are the stories of Shiseikan.

  • Shiseikan ( 司 政 官 }, Administrators ) 1974, Hayakawa Publishing
  • Shōmesu no Kourin ( 消滅 の 光 輪 , The Corona of the Extinction ) 1979, Hayakawa Publishing, Seiun Award 1979
  • Nagai Akatsuki ( 長 い 暁 , Long Dawn ) 1980, Hayakawa Publishing
  • Hikishio no Toki ( 引 き 潮 の と き , The Time at Low Tide ) 1996, Hayakawa Publishing, Seiun Award 1996

More novels

  • Moeru Keisha ( 燃 え る 傾斜 ) 1963, Touto Shobou
  • Gen'ei no Kōsei ( 幻影 の 構成 ) 1966, Hayakawa Shobou
  • EXPO '87 ( EXPO' 87 ) 1968, Hayakawa Shobou
  • Wa ga Sexoid ( わ が セ ク ソ イ ド ) 1969, Rippu Shobou
  • Techunit ( テ キ ュ ニ ッ ト ) 1969, San'ichi Shobou
  • Jun B-kyū Shimin ( 準 B 級 市民 ) 1966, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series
  • Bankokuhaku ga Yattekuru ( 万 国 博 が や っ て く る ) 1968, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series
  • Niji wa Kieta ( 虹 は 消 え た ) 1969, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series
  • Toki no Odysseus ( 時 の オ デ ュ セ ウ ス ) 1971, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series
  • C-seki no Kyaku ( C 席 の 客 ) 1971, Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1973, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Karera no Naka no Umi ( か れ ら の 中 の 海 ) 1973, Hayakawa Publishing
  • Kiga Rettō ( 飢餓 列島 ) 1974, Hayakawa Publishing, (collaboration with Masami Fukushima )
  • Salon wa Owatta ( サ ロ ン は 終 わ っ た ) 1974, Hayakawa Bunko JA
  • Shiseikan ( 司 政 官 , administrator ) 1974, Hayakawa Publishing
  • Ano Shinju-iro no Asa wo ... ( あ の 真珠 色 の 朝 を… ) 1974, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Kimyōna Tsuma ( 奇妙 な 妻 ) 1975, Hayakawa Publishing, 1978 Kadokawa Bunko
  • Ikyō Henge ( 異 郷 変 化 ) 1976, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Nubatama no ... ( ぬ ば た ま の… ) 1978, Koudansha
  • Shōmetsu no Kōrin ( 消滅 の 光 輪 ) 1979, Hayakawa Publishing
  • Bokutachi no Pocket ( ぼ く た ち の ポ ケ ッ ト ) 1980, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Nagai Akatsuki ( 長 い 暁 ) 1980, Hayakawa Publishing
  • Pocket no ABC ( ポ ケ ッ ト の ABC ) 1982, Kadokawa Shoten
  • Pocket no XYZ ( ポ ケ ッ ト の XYZ ) 1982, Kadokawa Shoten
  • Futsū no Kazoku ( ふ つ う の 家族 ) 1984, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Meikyū Monogatari ( 迷宮 物語 ) 1986, Kadokawa Shoten
  • Futeiki Esper ( 不定期 エ ス パ ー ) 1-8, 1988-1990, Tokuma Shoten
  • Hikishio no Toki ( 引 き 潮 の と き ) 1-5, 1988-1995 Hayakawa Publishing
  • Wonder Tea Room ( ワ ン ダ ー ・ テ ィ ー ・ ル ー ム ) 1992, Jitsugyō no nihon
  • Higawari Ichiwa , Book 1, Book 2 ( 日 が わ り 一 話, 第 1-2 集 ) 1998, Shuppan Geijutsusha
  • Tsuma ni Sasageta 1778-wa ( 妻 に 捧 げ た 1778 話 ), 1,778 Stories dedicated to My Wife , 2004

More novels not related to SF

  • Cartago no Unmei ( カ ル タ ゴ の 運 命 ) 1998, Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha
  • Chikyū e no Tōi Michi ( 地球 へ の 遠 い 道 ) 1970, Mainichi Shinbunsha
  • Nijū-Yo-Jikan no Sinnyūsha ( 二十 四 時間 の 侵入 者 ) 1974, Akimoto
  • Waru-nori Ryokō ( ワ ル の り 旅行 ) 1975, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Shin'ya Hōsō no Happening ( 深夜 放送 の ハ プ ニ ン グ ) 1977, Akimoto
  • Mōretsu Kyōshi ( 猛烈 教師 ) 1977
  • Shiroi Kobako ( 白 い 小 箱 ) 1977, Jitsugyou no Nihon
  • Tōrisugita Yatsu ( 通 り す ぎ た 奴 ) 1977, Ruppu Shobo
  • Henna Otoko ( 変 な 男 ) 1978, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Oshaberi Meiro ( お し ゃ べ り 迷路 ) 1979, Kadokawa Shoten
  • Gekkō no Sasu Basho ( 月光 の さ す 場所 ) 1980
  • Katamuita Chiheisen ( 傾 い た 地平線 ) 1981, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Sorezore no Magarikado ( そ れ ぞ れ の 曲 が り 角 ) 1986, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Yūyake no Kaiten Mokuba ( 夕 焼 け の 回 転 木馬 ) 1986, Kadokawa Bunko
  • Niji no Uragawa ( 虹 の 裏 側 ) 1994, Shuppan Geijutsusha

Youth literature

  • Tensai wa Tsukurareru ( 天才 は つ く ら れ る ) 1968
  • Maboroshi no Pen Friend ( ま ぼ ろ し の ペ ン フ レ ン ド ) 1970
  • Nazo no Tenkōsei ( な ぞ の 転 校 生 ) 1972
  • Nejireta Machi ( ね じ れ た 町 ) 1974
  • Sangyō Shikan Kōhosei ( 産業 士官 候補 生 ) 1974
  • Jigoku no Sainō ( 地獄 の 才能 ) 1975
  • Nerawareta Gakuen ( ね ら わ れ た 学園 ) 1976
  • Omoiagari no Natsu ( 思 い あ が り の 夏 ) 1977
  • Tozasareta Jikanwari ( 閉 ざ さ れ た 時間 割 ) 1977
  • Naitara Shi ga Kuru ( 泣 い た ら 死 が く る ) 1977
  • Shiroi Futōshiki ( 白 い 不等式 ) 1978
  • Tsukurareta Asu ( つ く ら れ た 明日 ) 1980
  • Toraerareta School Bus ( と ら え ら れ た ス ク ー ル バ ス ) 1981-1983 Kadokawa Bunko
  • Shiirareta Henshin ( 強 い ら れ た 変 身 ) 1988

Essays

  • Giyaman to Kikai ( ぎ や ま ん と 機械 ) 1977, PHP Kenkyusho
  • Teri-kageri no Fūkei - Kessaku Essay ( 照 り か げ り の 風景 傑作 エ ッ セ イ ) 1981, Kosaido shuppan
  • Osaka no Machikado - Mayumura Taku Semba Essay ( 大阪 の 街角 眉 村 卓 Semba エ ッ セ イ ) 1995, San'itsu shobo

Haiku

  • Kiri wo Yuku ( 霧 を 行 く ) 2009

Adaptations in TV series

  • Maboroshi no Pen Friend ( ま ぼ ろ し の ペ ン フ レ ン ド ) 1974
  • Nazo no Tenkōsei ( な ぞ の 転 校 生 ) 1975
  • Nerawareta Gakuen ( ね ら わ れ た 学園 ) 1977
  • Jigoku no Sainō ( 地獄 の 才能 ) 1977
  • Nagori no Yuki ( 名 残 の 雪 ) 1977

Adaptations in movies

  • Nerawareta Gakuen ( ね ら わ れ た 学園 ) 1981
  • Nazo no Tenkōsei ( な ぞ の 転 校 生 ) 1998
  • 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife ( 僕 と 妻 の 1778 の 物語 )

Adaptations in animes

  • Toki no Tabibito ( 時空 の 旅人 ) 1986
  • Neo Tokyo ( 迷宮 物語 ) 1987
  • Nerawareta Gakuen ( ね ら わ れ た 学園 ) 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g (ja) Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten, pp.648-649.
  2. ↑ Mayumura believed that literature was traditionally created by artists and written from the point of view of artists outside the common society; In contrast, his literary theory insisted on the need for the "insider," the need for literature written from the point of view of the common man.
  3. ↑ imdb - 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife
  4. ↑ Report on sankei.com
  5. ↑ (yes) Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten, p.649.
personal data
SURNAME Mayumura, Taku
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Takuji, Murakami
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 2019
Place of death Osaka