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Akira Mizubayashi

みずばやし あきら

Mizubayashi Akira

ペンネーム: Akira Mizubayashi（Name used for works published in French）

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性別
男性
生誕
1951-08-05 （Yamagata Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, French
居住地歴
Yamagata Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan → Paris, France

経歴

職業
French literature scholar, Writer, Translator, University professor
所属
Meiji University (Faculty of Letters) - Lecturer/Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies - Associate Professor/Professor, Sophia University - Professor (Professor Emeritus)
影響を受けた人物
Molière, Honoré de Balzac, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

学歴

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Faculty of Foreign Studies / Department of French
国: Japan
Undergraduate degree (graduated)
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School
Faculty of Letters (graduate) / Department of French Literature (Doctoral program)
学位: 満期退学
国: Japan
Left doctoral program after completing required period (no degree at that time)
École Normale Supérieure (Ulm)
国: France
Study at ENS Ulm (exchange/study abroad)
University of Paris 7 (Université Paris Diderot)
Doctoral program
学位: 第三期課程博士
国: France
Completed doctoral studies

受賞歴

Richelieu Literary Prize
2013
主催: Richelieu Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2014
主催: Ministry of Culture (France) - Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
結果: 受章
Honorary Doctorate (Université Grenoble III)
2015
主催: Université Grenoble III
結果: 授与
Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
2017
主催: Légion d'honneur (France)
結果: 受章
Honorary Doctorate (University of Montpellier III)
2017
主催: University of Montpellier III (Paul Valéry)
結果: 授与
Honorary Doctorate (University of Reims)
2019
主催: University of Reims
結果: 授与
Livres & Musiques de Deauville Literary Prize
2020
対象作品: Broken Soul
主催: Livres & Musiques de Deauville
結果: 受賞
Arts Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2022
対象作品: Broken Soul
部門: 文部科学大臣賞
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Arts Encouragement Prize)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Will to Happiness: The Écriture of 'Civilization'

1994年 Literary criticism

A scholarly study examining the relationship between the process of 'civilization' and literary expression, using French literature to explore issues of the public, morality, and representation.

civilizationliterary theorycitizenship
翻訳

The Burial of Don Juan: History and Society in Molière's 'Don Juan'

1996年 Literary criticism

A study that interprets Molière's 'Don Juan' in its historical and social contexts, analyzing themes of ethics and the public sphere in the play.

Molièretheatrepublic sphere
翻訳

The Birth of the Public, The Emergence of Literature: Rousseauian Experience and the Modern Age

2003年 Literary and intellectual history

Discusses Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas to examine the formation of the public and the emergence of literature, addressing modern experience and representation.

Rousseaupublic spheremodernity
翻訳

Candide: The Young Man Before 'War'

2005年 Literary criticism

A textual study interpreting Voltaire's 'Candide' in relation to war and the experience of youth.

Voltairewartextual analysis
翻訳

Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' Readings: The Republic in the Dark

2007年 Music and literary criticism

An essay re-examining music, politics, and republican themes through Mozart's opera 'The Marriage of Figaro'.

Mozartoperapolitics and art
翻訳

Being Born into Japanese, Living in French: On the Society and Language of the Coming Citizenry

2023年 Essays / Cultural criticism

An essay collection reflecting on bilingual experience between Japanese and French and the language of civic society.

language and identitycivil societyJapan–France relations
翻訳

Une langue venue d'ailleurs (A Language from Elsewhere: My French Life)

2011年 Memoir / Essays

An autobiographical essay collection written in French, recounting the author's linguistic experience between Japanese and French.

memoirlinguistic experiencemobility and belonging
翻訳
  • Japanese translation (self-translation) Misuzu Shobo 2021

Broken Soul

2019年 Novel

A novel first published in French, dealing with loss, memory and language.

lossmemorylanguage
翻訳
  • Japanese translation (translator: Akira Mizubayashi) Misuzu Shobo 2021

全著作

  • The Will to Happiness: The Écriture of 'Civilization' (Misuzu Shobo, 1994)
  • The Burial of Don Juan: History and Society in Molière's 'Don Juan' (Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1996)
  • The Birth of the Public, The Emergence of Literature: Rousseauian Experience and the Modern Age (Misuzu Shobo, 2003)
  • Candide: The Young Man Before 'War' (Misuzu Shobo, 2005)
  • Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' Readings: The Republic in the Dark (Misuzu Shobo, 2007)
  • Une langue venue d'ailleurs (Gallimard, 2011)
  • Broken Soul (original in French 2019; Japanese translation Misuzu Shobo 2021)
  • Being Born into Japanese, Living in French (Shunjūsha, 2023)

作家による翻訳

  • Co-translation of Roger Chartier (ed.), 'From Book to Reading' (co-translators: Toshiaki Izumi, Toshikazu Tsuyuzaki; Misuzu Shobo, 1992)
  • Translation of J.-M. Apostolidès, 'Le Roi en Machine' (Misuzu Shobo, 1996)
  • Translation of Daniel Pennac, 'La Douleur de l'École' (Misuzu Shobo, 2009)

作品の翻訳

  • Broken Soul — Japanese translation (Misuzu Shobo, 2021)

作風・主題

文体
Comparative and historicizing styleScholarly, lucid proseA bilingual voice traversing Japanese and French linguistic sensibilities
頻出モチーフ
language and identitycivilization and the public spheremusic and literaturememory and lossre-readings of Molière, Balzac, Rousseau

評価・遺産

He has made lasting scholarly contributions to French literary studies and, through translation and creative work, contributed significantly to literary exchange between Japan and France. He has been honored by numerous French academic and cultural institutions and is regarded as an important figure bridging Japanese and French cultural dialogue.

豆知識

  • Born 1951 in Yamagata Prefecture.
  • Professor Emeritus of Sophia University.
  • Awarded Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government.
  • Official website: https://www.akira-mizubayashi.com