Yamamuro Shizuka
Yamamuro Shizuka ( Japanese 山 室 静 ; born December 15, 1906 in Tottori , Tottori Prefecture ; † March 23, 2000 ) was a Japanese poet, literary critic and translator.
Yamamuro founded the literary magazine Hihyō in 1936 with Hirano Ken and Honda Shūgo . During the Second World War he published the magazine Kōgen ( 高原 ) with Katayama Toshihiko and Hori Tatsuo . From 1946 he belonged to the group of employees of the magazine Kindai bungaku ( 近代 文学 ). A collection of his main works appeared in the six-volume edition of Yamamuro Shizuka chosakushū ( 山 室 静 著作 集 ) from 1972–73 . In 1975 he was awarded the Mainichi Culture Prize in the Culture and Society category and in 1973 the Hirabayashi Taiko Literature Prize.
He was also known as a translator of Northern European literature, particularly Tove Jansson's Moomin books.
source
- Shūichi Katō : A Sheep's Song: A Writer's Reminiscences of Japan and the World . University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21979-1 , pp. 197 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yamamuro, Shizuka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山 室 静 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese literary and cultural critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tottori , Tottori Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 2000 |