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Akira Haruna

はるな あきら

Haruna Akira

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1935-12-13 (Tokyo (former Tokyo-fu))
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
non-fiction writer, historian, translator, university lecturer
活動期間
1959年〜
所属
Chuokoron-shinsha (employer), Kokugakuin University (lecturer), Gakushuin University (lecturer), Chofu Gakuen Women's Junior College (professor; now Den-en Chofu Gakuen College Junior College Division)
所属団体
The Historical Association (Shigakkai), Japan Writers' Association, Japan PEN Club

学歴

The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Department of Oriental History
期間: 〜1959
卒業年: 1959
国: Japan

受賞歴

Ooya Soichi Nonfiction Prize
1980
対象作品: Nippon Oto Kichi Drift Record
主催: Ooya Soichi Nonfiction Prize Committee
結果: winner
Japan Nonfiction Award
1980
対象作品: Nippon Oto Kichi Drift Record
主催: Japan Nonfiction Award Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Nippon Oto Kichi Drift Record

1979年 non-fiction (history / drifting account)

A historical non-fiction account following the experiences of the Japanese drift survivor Oto Kichi; a reportage-style study of Edo-period drift incidents.

driftingcross-cultural encountersEdo-period history

Men Who Saw the World

1981年 non-fiction (history)

A collection of documentary-style accounts of Edo-period figures and their experiences abroad.

overseas experiencehistorical figurescultural contact

Drift: Joseph Heco and His Companions

1982年 non-fiction (biographical)

A historical reportage focusing on Joseph Heco's drifting and the people around him.

biographydriftingJapan-US history

Beijing: Memories of a City

2008年 non-fiction (urban history)

An essayistic study of Beijing's urban history and collective memories, combining observation and historical sources.

urban historymemoryChina studies

The Hosokawa Three Generations: Yusai, Sansai, Tadayoshi

2010年 history

A history tracing three generations of the Hosokawa family, depicting transitions from the Sengoku to early modern periods.

samurai historyfamily lineageSengoku / Edo periods

全著作

  • Nippon Oto Kichi Drift Record
  • Men Who Saw the World
  • Drift: Joseph Heco and His Companions
  • John Man: The Life of Nakahama Manjiro
  • Marco Polo
  • Island Journeys, Island People
  • Beijing: Memories of a City
  • The Hosokawa Three Generations: Yusai, Sansai, Tadayoshi

作家による翻訳

  • Twilight in the Forbidden City (co-translated with Yoko Irie; Iwanami Bunko)
  • Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village (co-translated)
  • The Hundred-Day War: The Cultural Revolution at Tsinghua University (translation)
  • A Voyage to Korea and Ryukyu (translation)

作風・主題

文体
reportage-style non-fictionfact-based narrativefieldwork-oriented
頻出モチーフ
sea and driftingcross-cultural encountersintersection of personal and social history

評価・遺産

Recognized as a non-fiction writer and researcher on Edo-period drift incidents and overseas experiences. He contributed translations and academic teaching, bridging historical scholarship and reportage.

関連学会

  • The Historical Association (Shigakkai)
  • Japan Writers' Association
  • Japan PEN Club

豆知識

  • His wife is the writer Yoko Irie.
  • He won the Ooya Soichi Nonfiction Prize and the Japan Nonfiction Award in 1980 for the 1979 book 'Nippon Oto Kichi Drift Record'.
  • Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Faculty of Letters, Department of Oriental History) and worked at Chuokoron-shinsha before becoming an author.