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Jun Henmi

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Henmi Jun

別名: 清水 眞弓 / 角川 眞弓
ペンネーム: Jun Henmi（Pen name used for literary works）, Mayumi Shimizu（Legal name used after marriage (used for early publications)）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1939-07-26 （Mizuhashi, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan (now Toyama City)）
死没
2011-09-21 （Musashino, Tokyo, Japan） 72歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Toyama Prefecture (birthplace) → Musashino, Tokyo (late residence)

経歴

職業
tanka poet, non-fiction writer
活動期間
1964年〜2011年
所属
Genki (Gengi) Shobo (founder & president), Editor-in-chief / representative of the tanka magazine 'Gen'

学歴

Waseda University, Second Faculty of Literature
Second Faculty of Literature / Department of History
期間: 1958-1962
卒業年: 1962
国: Japan
Graduated from the Department of History

受賞歴

Nitta Jirō Literary Prize
1984
対象作品: Men of Yamato
主催: Nitta Jirō Prize committee
結果: winner
Contemporary Women's Tanka Prize
1988
対象作品: Festival of Darkness
主催: Contemporary Tanka Women's Prize committee
結果: winner
Kodansha Non-Fiction Award
1989
対象作品: Letters from the Camp
主催: Kodansha
結果: winner
Soichi Oya Nonfiction Prize
1990
対象作品: Letters from the Camp
主催: Soichi Oya Prize committee
結果: winner
Mizuno Sports Writer Award
1998
対象作品: Dreams Not Yet Exhausted
主催: Mizuno
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hanabie

1964年 I-novel / autobiographical fiction

An early autobiographical-style novel drawing on complex family relationships.

familyconfession

Men of Yamato

1983年 non-fiction / war history

A non-fiction account based on interviews and research about the battleship Yamato and its crew.

warmemoryletters and bereavement
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005)

Letters from the Camp

1989年 non-fiction

A nonfiction work composed from letters and testimonies from camps, noted for meticulous interviews and research.

warletterstestimony
映像化・舞台化
  • [film (source material)] From Lager with Love

Festival of Darkness

1987年 tanka collection

A collection of tanka poems interweaving personal experience, family history, and women's perspectives.

tankafamilyfemale perspective

Dreams Not Yet Exhausted

1998年 non-fiction

A nonfiction work based on interviews with sports figures; recognized in the sports-writing field.

sportsinterviewshuman drama

全著作

  • Hanabie
  • Folktales of Love
  • The Cursed Silk Road
  • Exploring the World of Hoketsu Seppu
  • Men of Yamato
  • Letters from the Camp
  • Hiroshi Oshita: A Life in Rainbows
  • Requiem: The Pacific War
  • Dreams Not Yet Exhausted: Shunji Hiraki and Takanori Yoshioka
  • Letters Delivered from the Battlefield

翻案

  • Men of Yamato (film adaptation)
  • Letters from the Camp → From Lager with Love (film based on the book)

作風・主題

文体
autobiographical (I-novel) stylemeticulous interview-based non-fiction
頻出モチーフ
family conflictwar, letters and testimonyfemale perspective

評価・遺産

A writer acclaimed for both tanka poetry and non-fiction. Her interview-based works on war and family history have been adapted to film and reached wide readership. She maintained strong ties to Toyama and the publishing world.

記念館・博物館

  • Koshi-no-kuni Literary Museum (appointed director-designate) Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan 2012年開館

大衆文化への影響

  • Source material for the film 'Otoko-tachi no Yamato'
  • Source material for the film 'From Lager with Love' (based on Letters from the Camp)

豆知識

  • Birth name: Mayumi Shimizu (née Kadokawa).
  • She had two daughters.
  • Founded the publishing house Genki (Gengi) Shobo in 2002 and served as president.
  • 'Men of Yamato' was adapted into a feature film.