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Yukiko Chino

ちの ゆきこ

Chino Yukiko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955-07-06 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese, Chinese
Residence History
Tokyo, Japan → Beijing, China

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Travel writer, Former actress, University lecturer
Active Years
1987-
Affiliations
Musashino University, Japan PEN Club — Vice Chair, Women's Writers Committee
Memberships
Japan PEN Club
Nominations
Nominated for the Noma Literary Newcomer Award (Dairiku Yumin, 1998)

Education

Aoyama Gakuin University
Faculty of Letters / Department of French Literature
Country: Japan
Peking University
Chinese language and modern Chinese literature
Period: 1992
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: China
Study abroad / short-term study

Awards

Bungeikai Newcomer Prize
1987
Organization: Bungeikai (magazine)
Result: 佳作
Subaru Literary Prize
1995
Work: Kansoen no Tsuki
Organization: Shueisha
Result: 受賞
Noma Literary Newcomer Award
1998
Work: Dairiku Yumin
Result: 候補

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kansoen no Tsuki

1996 Novel / Short story collection

A collection of short stories, including pieces first published in Subaru magazine.

travelChinafemale perspectives

Dairiku Yumin

1998 Novel

A novel published by Shueisha in 1998.

travelEast Asia

Xi'an no Zakuro

2004 Short story collection

A short story collection centered on China, compiling works published in Subaru magazine.

Chinaurban landscapestravel

Midnight Crisis

2007 Short story collection

Published in 2007, a collection centered on short stories.

nighthuman relationshipstravel

It Began with Barbie

2004 Essay

An essay collection published by Shinchosha, containing pieces on culture and overseas experiences.

essaycultural commentarytravel

Planet Mao: The Graphic Power of the Cultural Revolution

2000 Co-authored non-fiction

A co-authored volume addressing imagery and cultural history of the Cultural Revolution.

Cultural RevolutionChinavisual culture

Can a Manufactured Beauty Be Possible?

2006 Co-authored non-fiction

A co-authored book published by Keio University Press discussing technology and the body.

technologythe bodycultural studies

Bibliography

  • Kansoen no Tsuki
  • Dairiku Yumin
  • Xi'an no Zakuro
  • Midnight Crisis
  • It Began with Barbie
  • Planet Mao: The Graphic Power of the Cultural Revolution
  • Can a Manufactured Beauty Be Possible?
  • Uncollected: Time Share
  • Uncollected: Slowly, Go Home
  • Uncollected: Northern Traffic

Style & Themes

Literary Style
travel-inflected perspectiverich descriptive imagerynarrative reflecting interest in contemporary China
Recurring Motifs
travelurban landscapesfemale perspectiveChina / East Asia

Legacy

Yukiko Chino is a Japanese writer known for works drawing on travel experience and study in Beijing, often focusing on China and East Asia. She has published short stories, novels, essays and co-authored works, and is noted for literary prizes and participation in the Japan PEN Club.

Academic Societies

  • Japan PEN Club

Archives

  • National Diet Library authority
  • VIAF identifier: 267460601
  • ISNI: 0000 0003 8308 7596
  • NDL authority ID: 00408454

Trivia

  • After working as an actress, she traveled the world as a travel writer.
  • In 1992 she studied at Peking University, focusing on Chinese language and contemporary Chinese literature.
  • In 1987 her work "Yukami" (有髪) won an honorable mention in the Bungeikai Newcomer Prize early in her literary career.
  • In 1995 she won the 19th Subaru Literary Prize for "Kansoen no Tsuki".
  • She serves as Vice Chair of the Japan PEN Club's Women's Writers Committee.