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Kiyoto Fukuda

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Fukuda Kiyoto

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1904-11-29 (Shukugo Kayama, Hasami, Higashisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
死没
1995-06-13 90歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Children's writer, Modern literature researcher, Literary critic, University professor
活動期間
1929年〜1995年
所属
Jissen Women's University (Professor), Rikkyo University (Professor), Rikkyo Women's Junior College (Professor), Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (Executive Director)
所属団体
Japan Association of Children's Literary Artists (Chairman/President), Japanese Association for Children's Literature (Founding member), Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (Executive Director)
影響を受けた人物
Hamada Hiro-suke, Namukawa / Namekawa Michio
影響を与えた人物
Shotaro Nishizawa

学歴

Omura Middle School (old system)
国: Japan
Fukuoka High School (old system)
国: Japan
Tokyo Imperial University, Faculty of Letters (University of Tokyo)
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
卒業年: 1929
国: Japan

受賞歴

Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1958
対象作品: Tenpyō no Shōnen
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Hans Christian Andersen Award (domestic excellence distinction)
1963
対象作品: Haru no Medama
主催: International Hans Christian Andersen Award selection body
結果: 受賞(国内・優良賞相当)
Noma Children's Literature Prize
1966
対象作品: Aki no Medama
主催: Noma Children's Literature Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1979
対象作品: Nagasaki Christian Stories
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Kappa no Su

1933年 Short stories / Fiction

A collection of early short stories combining prewar sensibilities and elements of fantasy.

fantasyhuman observation

Boys of the Cape

1947年 Boys' novel / Juvenile fiction

A postwar juvenile novel portraying friendship, adventure, and coming-of-age.

friendshipcoming of ageadventure

Tenpyō no Shōnen

1958年 Historical children's literature

A historical novel set in the Nara period, depicting history and human relationships from a boy's perspective.

historycoming of agehuman drama

Haru no Medama

1963年 Full-length juvenile novel

A full-length juvenile novel that received domestic recognition in international awards.

growthfriendship

Aki no Medama

1966年 Children's literature

One of his representative children's works; won the Noma Children's Literature Prize in 1966.

naturecoming of age

Nagasaki Christian Stories

1978年 Children's historical stories

Children's historical tales based on the Christian history of Nagasaki; won the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award in 1979.

religious historyregional history

全著作

  • Kappa no Su: Short Story Collection
  • Boys of the Cape
  • Tenpyō no Shōnen
  • Haru no Medama
  • Aki no Medama
  • Nagasaki Christian Stories

作風・主題

文体
Clear, narrative prose emphasizing story for children; didactic elements presentScholarly and analytical tone in research and criticism
頻出モチーフ
coming of agefriendship and cooperationhistory and regional identitynature / the sea

評価・遺産

Contributed significantly to children's literature as an author, scholar and educator. He helped found the Japan Association of Children's Literary Artists and the Japanese Association for Children's Literature, mentoring many successors. Memorials exist in his hometown Hasami, and his works remain an important legacy in juvenile literature.

記念館・博物館

  • Jissen Women's University - Kiyoto Fukuda Collection (library/archive) Tokyo (Jissen Women's University)

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Children's Literary Artists
  • Japanese Association for Children's Literature

資料所蔵先

  • Jissen Women's University - Kiyoto Fukuda Collection (donated holdings)

豆知識

  • A stone monument and a bust are erected in his hometown Hasami.
  • His personal library was donated to Rikkyo Women's Junior College library and later inherited by Jissen Women's University.
  • He wrote lyrics for several school songs.
  • There is an award named after him (Fukuda Kiyoto Prize).