Japan Juvenile Writers Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (1997) award
Haruki Amanuma
あまぬま はるき
Amanuma Haruki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- German literature scholar, Writer, Translator
- Active Years
- 1988-
- Affiliations
- Japan Children's Literature Association (former chair), Japanese Grimm Association (vice-chair), Japan Zeppelin Association (chair)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuo University | Graduate School of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Chuo University
Graduate School of Letters
Country:
Japan
Completed doctoral coursework in the Graduate School of Letters but did not receive the degree (withdrew after coursework).
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Japan Children's Literature Association Award | The Cat That Lives in Water | — | Japan Children's Literature Association | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Japan–Germany Friendship Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Japan Children's Literature Association Award
1996
Work:
The Cat That Lives in Water
Organization:
Japan Children's Literature Association
Result:
受賞
Japan–Germany Friendship Award
2011
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Yumedouji Mandala
1989 Children's literature / FantasyA collection of short tales and fables blending fairy-tale elements and fantasy.
dreamstransformationfantasy
The Airship Empire
1993 Non-fiction / Aviation historyA study of the history and cultural significance of airships, addressing their technological and historical aspects.
airshipshistory of technologycultural history
The Cat That Lives in Water
1996 Children's literatureA children's work with a fantastical setting. One of the author's notable works; it received the Japan Children's Literature Association Award.
catswaterfantasy
Dreaming Airships: From Icarus to Zeppelin
2000 Non-fiction / Aviation historyA historical overview tracing the dream of flight from ancient myth (Icarus) to modern Zeppelins.
history of flightmyth and technologyZeppelin
Bibliography
- Yumedouji Mandala (1989)
- I Want That (1990)
- The Airship Empire (1993)
- Fairy Tale Specimen Box (1993)
- Tales of Airships (1995)
- Museum of Strange Legends of the World (1996)
- The Cat That Lives in Water (1996)
- Cat Town ∞ (1997)
- Traveling Rabbit (1999)
- Yumedouji Reincarnation Tales (1999)
- Aristopia (2000)
- Noal's Letter (2001)
- Airships: The Shape of Flying Dreams (2002)
- Dreaming Airships: From Icarus to Zeppelin (2000)
- Marco the Postman's Long Journey (2004)
- Anton Berry's Long Journey (2007)
- Little Retro Tram (2007)
- Time Machine Club (2010)
- Kurayamizaka: Picture Scroll of Darkness (2015)
- Did It Really Happen? Strange Tales of the World (2017, co-authored)
Translations by Author
- Ben Called a Troublemaker (Jan de Zanger, 1988)
- The Witcher I: Blood of Elves (Andrzej Sapkowski, co-translated, 2010)
- Hindenburg: The Blaze (Henning Boetius, 2004)
- Andersen's Fairy Tales Complete Collection (2011-2013, edited/translated)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Childrens'-literature narrative voiceFantastical and allegorical descriptionsScholarly, careful treatment of historical sources in non-fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- airshipsdreamscatsjourneys
Legacy
He has notable achievements as a children's author and as a scholar of airship history and cultural studies. He contributed to promoting airship culture in Japan, including involvement in introducing the Zeppelin NT.
Academic Societies
- Japan Children's Literature Association
- Japanese Grimm Association
Trivia
- Born in 1953 (year publicly noted).
- From Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture.
- Former chair of the Japan Children's Literature Association.
- Known as a leading scholar of airships (Zeppelins); received a Japan–Germany Friendship Award in 2011.
- In addition to many children's works, he has written non-fiction on German literature and airships.