Women's Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 38 (1999) award
Yasuko Harada
はらだ やすこ
Harada Yasuko
Aliases:
佐々木 康子
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-01-12 （Tokyo Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2009-10-20 （Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan） age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (birth) → Kushiro, Hokkaido (grew up) → Sapporo, Hokkaido (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1954-2009
- Affiliations
- Higashi Hokkaido Newspaper (later Kushiro Shimbun)
- Influenced
- Shino Sakuragi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushiro Municipal Girls' High School (now Hokkaido Kushiro Konan High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Kushiro Municipal Girls' High School (now Hokkaido Kushiro Konan High School)
Country:
Japan
After graduating from the girls' high school, she worked for the Higashi Hokkaido Newspaper.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Joryu Bungakusha Prize (Women's Literary Prize) | Banka (Requiem) | — | Joryu Bungakusha Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Joryu Bungaku (Women's Literary Award) | Rourui (Wax Tears) | — | Women's Literary Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize | Umi-giri (Sea Mist) | — | Yoshikawa Eiji Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Hokkaido Cultural Award | — | — | Hokkaido Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Hokkaido Shimbun Cultural Prize | — | — | Hokkaido Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Shogi Pen Club Grand Prize (Match-Report category) | Report on the Oza (shogi) match | 観戦記部門 | Shogi Pen Club | 受賞 |
Joryu Bungakusha Prize (Women's Literary Prize)
1957
Work:
Banka (Requiem)
Organization:
Joryu Bungakusha Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Joryu Bungaku (Women's Literary Award)
1999
Work:
Rourui (Wax Tears)
Organization:
Women's Literary Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize
2003
Work:
Umi-giri (Sea Mist)
Organization:
Yoshikawa Eiji Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Hokkaido Cultural Award
2003
Organization:
Hokkaido Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Hokkaido Shimbun Cultural Prize
2003
Organization:
Hokkaido Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Shogi Pen Club Grand Prize (Match-Report category)
1999
Work:
Report on the Oza (shogi) match
Category:
観戦記部門
Organization:
Shogi Pen Club
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 37 (2003) award
Works
Major Works
Banka (Requiem)
1956 NovelA major novel set in Kushiro; upon publication it became a bestseller and was adapted for film.
Hokkaido landscapeloss and renewalfemale psychology
Adaptations
- [Film] Banka / 五所平之助 (1957)
- [Film] Banka / 河崎義祐 (1976)
Translations
- Translated into English and other languages
Sabita no Kioku (Memory of Sabita)
1954 NovelHer debut work; drew attention when submitted to a Shincho magazine prize and helped launch her career.
Rourui (Wax Tears)
1999 NovelOne of her later notable works, delicately portraying female psychology. Winner of the 38th Women's Literary Award.
female psychologyinner conflict
Umi-giri (Sea Mist)
2002 NovelA novel set against Hokkaido's sea and fishing villages depicting human relationships. Winner of the 37th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize.
seacommunity and human relations
Mangetsu (Mr. Moonlight)
1984 NovelA mid-career work adapted into the film 'Mangetsu MR.MOONLIGHT' in 1991.
Adaptations
- [Film] Mangetsu MR.MOONLIGHT / 大森一樹 (1991)
Bibliography
- Banka (Requiem)
- Sabita no Kioku (Memory of Sabita)
- Haien (Abandoned Garden)
- Rinsho (Round Chant)
- Itazura (Prank)
- Yameru Oka (Ailing Hill)
- Satsujinsha (The Murderer)
- Bokyo (Homesickness)
- Kita no Hayashi (Northern Woods)
- Kitaguni-sho (Selections of the North)
- Niji (Rainbow)
- Nichiyobi no Shiroi Kumo (Sunday's White Cloud)
- Sunao na Yogisha (The Honest Suspect)
- Tooi Mori (Distant Forest)
- Koibitotachi (Lovers)
- Tori no Kuru Niwa (The Garden Where Birds Come)
- Kaze no Toride (Fortress of Wind)
- Mangetsu (Mr. Moonlight)
- Hoshi no Misaki (Cape of Stars)
- Easter no Tamago (Easter Egg)
- Madobe no Neko (Cat by the Window)
- Hanare-goma Asobi-goma (Essays on Horse and Piece - shogi essays)
- Seibo no Kagami (Mirror of the Holy Mother)
- Rourui (Wax Tears)
- Chichi no Shakunage (Father's Rhododendron)
- Umi-giri (Sea Mist)
Adaptations
- 'Banka' - film (1957, dir. Heinosuke Gosho) and later adaptations
- 'Shiroi Akuma' - film (1958) (original: short story 'Night's Departure')
- 'Mangetsu' - film 'Mangetsu MR.MOONLIGHT' (1991, dir. Kazuki Omori)
- Television dramatizations (e.g. 'Banka', 'Bokyo', 'Watashi wa Waretai')
Translations of Works
- 'Banka' - translated into English and other languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, evocative proseDelicate depiction of Hokkaido's landscape and human relationships
- Recurring Motifs
- sea, mist, northern naturefemale psychology and lossnostalgia
Health
-
Pneumonia2009年10月Hospitalized and died from pneumonia
Legacy
Yasuko Harada was a novelist based in Hokkaido, best known for works such as 'Banka'. Her novels, which often draw on regional landscapes and explore female psychology and loss, have been widely adapted and translated, leaving a lasting influence.
Museums
- Kushiro Literature Museum (hosted exhibition on Yasuko Harada) Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Archives
- Materials held at the Hokkaido Literature Museum
- Related holdings at Kushiro City Library
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptations of 'Banka' (1957, 1976)
- Film 'Mangetsu MR.MOONLIGHT' (1991)
Trivia
- Her legal name was Yasuko Sasaki (maiden name Harada).
- Hobbies included horse racing and shogi; she won the Shogi Pen Club Grand Prize for a match report.
- She continued to write while living in Hokkaido through her later years.