Minami-Nippon Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1989) award
Masako Aiboshi
あいほし まさこ
Aiboshi Masako
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1937-10-23 （Dalian, Kwantung Leased Territory (Manchukuo)）
- Died
- 2019-03-12 age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Dalian (born) → Fengtian (at end of WWII) → Kagoshima City (returned and main base)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, columnist
- Active Years
- 1973-2019
- Affiliations
- Japan PEN Club, Kyushu Bungaku (literary circle), Shōsetsu Shunjū (founder/editor), Kagoshima Pencil Club (representative), Minami-Nippon Newspaper New Year's Literature selection committee (2008-2016)
- Memberships
- Japan PEN Club
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School | — | Literary club (high school) | — | 1953-1956 | Japan |
| The Open University of Japan | — | — | — | 1997-2001 | Japan |
Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School
Literary club (high school)
Period:
1953-1956
Year of Graduation:
1956
Country:
Japan
Declined university admission due to family circumstances
The Open University of Japan
Period:
1997-2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
Japan
Enrolled in 1997 and completed credits to graduate over four years
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Minami-Nippon Literary Prize | Shimonoseki Bride | — | Minami-Nippon Newspaper | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Kagoshima Prefecture Arts and Culture Encouragement Award | — | — | Kagoshima Prefecture | 受賞 |
Minami-Nippon Literary Prize
1990
Work:
Shimonoseki Bride
Organization:
Minami-Nippon Newspaper
Result:
受賞
Kagoshima Prefecture Arts and Culture Encouragement Award
1995
Organization:
Kagoshima Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Minami no Popura
1989 Short story collectionA short story collection published in 1989; includes pieces such as 'Jidai', 'Haiboku', 'Yokisha', 'Tensei', 'Shiroi Hana', 'Bunshin', 'Tooi Machi', 'Kokei', and 'Musubime'.
nostalgiawomen's livespostwar memory
Shimonoseki Bride
1990 Short story collectionPublished in 1990. The title story 'Shimonoseki Bride' won the 18th Minami-Nippon Literary Prize. Collection includes stories such as 'Moji no Hanayome', 'Mokuba', 'Shimonoseki Bride', and 'Senmin'.
familymarriagesocial marginalization
The Time of Flowers Is a Time of Sorrow — Tome Torihama, the Chiran Special Attack Aunt
1992 Non-fiction (biography)A non-fiction biography about Tome Torihama, a woman who looked after and saw off young kamikaze pilots at the Chiran base.
war and bereavementmemory and testimonylocal history
Women's Words 365 Days
1991 Column collectionA 1991 column collection reflecting everyday women's perspectives and expressions.
everyday lifelanguage and women
Fear, the Hidden King of a Million
2005 Essay collectionAn essay collection published in 2005; essays on community, war-era memory, and everyday life.
memoirregional culturefemale perspective
Suppurating Season — Masako Aiboshi Selected Stories Vol.3
2013 Selected stories (short story collection)Selected-stories volume published in 2013; includes pieces such as 'Hōchō no Ki', 'Waki no Shita', and 'Sayonara wa Kirai'.
aging and memorydetails of daily lifefemale relationships
Bibliography
- Minami no Popura (1989)
- Shimonoseki Bride (1990)
- The Time of Flowers Is a Time of Sorrow — Tome Torihama (1992)
- Women's Words 365 Days (1991)
- Fear, the Hidden King of a Million (2005)
- Suppurating Season — Selected Stories Vol.3 (2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- matter-of-fact narrative voice centered on realist depictionobservational focus on regional lifeintrospective treatment of postwar memory
- Recurring Motifs
- memory of warwomen's lives and familynostalgia and local communitydetails of everyday life
Legacy
A writer based in Kagoshima who supported the local literary community by founding and editing literary magazines, organizing lectures, and teaching at cultural schools; recognized for nurturing younger writers and contributing to regional literature and the preservation of wartime memory.
Academic Societies
- Japan PEN Club
Archives
- National Diet Library (holdings/authority)
- VIAF (authority identifier)
- CiNii (bibliographic database)
Trivia
- Literary critic Toshiki Yagi is her younger brother.
- She once ran a café near West Kagoshima Station (now Kagoshima-Chūō Station) with her mother.
- Began writing fiction in 1973 for the literary circle 'Genshokuha'.
- Founded the literary magazine 'Shōsetsu Shunjū' in 1994 and served as its editor-publisher.
- Won the 18th Minami-Nippon Literary Prize in 1990 for 'Shimonoseki Bride'.
- Established the Kagoshima Pencil Club in 1997 and served as its representative.
- She was one of the organizers of the 'Kagoshima Article 9' group and participated in peace activities.