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Keiko Hamada

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Hamada Keiko

別名: 浜田けい子
ペンネーム: Keiko Hamada（Pen name used for children's literature and translations）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1928-02-27 （Osaka）
死没
2010-02-23 81歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Osaka → Tokyo

経歴

職業
Children's literature author, Translator, Playwright
活動期間
1968年〜2010年
所属団体
Japan Association of Children's Writers
影響を受けた人物
Hirokai Hamada, Kiyoto Fukuda

学歴

Meiji University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Drama
Faculty of Letters, Department of Drama / Drama
期間: 1951-1955
卒業年: 1955
国: Japan
Graduated from Meiji University (Department of Drama). Began creative work after moving to Tokyo.

受賞歴

Robou no Ishi Literature Prize
1988
対象作品: The Phantom Naniwa Palace: The Story of Tokutaro Yamane
主催: Robou no Ishi Literature Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Contemporary Juvenile Literature Award
1990
主催: Contemporary Juvenile Writers' Club
結果: 受賞
Children's Culture Merit Award
2002
主催: Japan Association of Children's Writers
結果: 表彰

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Song of the Sun and the Sword

1968年 Children's literature

A children's work from her early period, dealing with adventure and growth.

adventurecoming of age

The Phantom Naniwa Palace: The Story of Tokutaro Yamane

1987年 Non-fiction (biography)

A biographical non-fiction about Tokutaro Yamane that draws attention to local history.

biographylocal history

Yahachi the Orphan

1980年 Children's literature

A story centered on an orphan, portraying a child's struggle and resilience.

orphanhoodadversity and overcoming

全著作

  • Song of the Sun and the Sword (1968)
  • Boy Running Through the Fields (1971)
  • Seton (1973)
  • Miyako Flourishes: The Manyoshu Poet Okura (1974)
  • A Dream for Rome: Tsunenaga Hasekura (1975)
  • My Name Is Spy (1977)
  • God Lives in the Earth (1977)
  • Yahachi the Orphan (1980)
  • Napoleon (1980)
  • Queen Himiko (1981)
  • The Golden Thistle (1982)
  • Don on House Duty (1982)
  • Prince Oama (1983)
  • Cosmos School: Nippon 3 (1985)
  • Dandelion Flowers in Fields and Mountains (1985)
  • Please Take a Telepathy Drop (1985)
  • The Girl Who Studied in America: The Story of Umeko Tsuda (1986)
  • Mr. Hick's Mysterious Pocket (1986)
  • Let's Fly to the World's Skies (1987)
  • The Phantom Naniwa Palace: The Story of Tokutaro Yamane (1987)
  • The Revived Valley (1987)
  • Welcome to Devil's Island (1989)
  • Canvas Dyed the Color of Wind (1990)
  • The Witch Zipangu Travels (1990)
  • Yamato Takeru (1991)
  • Beyond the Dreaming Clouds (1991)
  • Japan's First Female Doctor: Ine Kusumoto (1992)
  • The Departure of Young Canuto (1994)
  • Francisco Xavier: Who Brought Christianity to Japan (1997)
  • The Story of Zen Master Dogen (1999)
  • Ryoma to the Sea (2003)

作家による翻訳

  • Who Is the Witness (translation, 1968)
  • The Little Vagabond (translation, 1982)
  • Carrot (translation, 1983)

作風・主題

文体
clear, accessible prosenon-fiction-leaning narrativechild-oriented descriptions
頻出モチーフ
biographies of historical figureschildren's growth and overcoming adversitylocal history and traditions

評価・遺産

An author of numerous children's books and nonfiction for youth, she deepened children's understanding of history through biographies and local history; she also contributed to children's culture through activity in the Japan Association of Children's Writers.

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Children's Writers

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (catalog records)

豆知識

  • Her legal name is 濱田慶子 (Hamada Keiko), using an older form of the character 濱.
  • She married NHK producer Taizo Hamada.
  • She was involved in producing children's theatre and radio dramas.