Yuki Shigeko

Shigeko Yuki, 1949

Yuki Shigeko ( Japanese 由 起 し げ 子 ; * December 2, 1900 in Sakai ; † December 30, 1969 ) was a Japanese writer.

Life

Yuki's mother died when she was ten years old. In 1919 she enrolled at the private girls' school in Kobe to study music, but gave up because her family was against it. In 1924 she married the painter Ihara Usaburō ( 伊 原 宇 三郎 , 1894–1976). From 1925 to 1929 she lived in France, where she studied composition and piano.

After Yuki divorced Ihara in 1945, she began writing stories for children for financial reasons. The editor of Sakuhin magazine ( 作品 ) persuaded her to write novels. For her second novel Hon no Hanashi , she finally received the Akutagawa Prize in 1949 . Over 20 other books followed. Jochūkko , published in 1951, was filmed in 1955 under the direction of Tasaka Tomotakas ( 田 坂 具 隆 ).

The author died in 1969 of diabetes and blood poisoning.

Works (selection)

• Yagurumasō , 1947
• Hon no hanashi ( 本 の 話 )
• Kokubetsu , 1951
• Yubiwa no Hanashi , 1951
• Jochūkko ( 女中 ッ 子 ), 1951
• Fuyu no Ki , 1953
• Hyōhakku , 1954
• Akasaka no Kyōdai ( 赤 坂 の 姉妹 ), 1960
• Keiyaku Kekkon ( 契約結婚 ), 1961
• Yasashii Otto ( や さ し い 良人 ), 1963

literature

• Sachiko Schierbeck: Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century. 104 Biographies 1900-93 . Museum Tusculanum Press, 1994, ISBN 978-8772892689 , pp. 128-131.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yuki is the family name, Shigeko the first name.