Tamura Toshiko Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 12 (1972) award
Momoko Hirotsu
ひろつ ももこ
Hirotsu Momoko
Aliases:
廣津桃子
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1918-03-21
- Died
- 1988-11-24 age 70
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Komaba, Meguro (Nishiyama Dormitory) → Kugenuma, Fujisawa, Kanagawa
Career
- Occupations
- writer, essayist
- Active Years
- 1945-1988
- Influenced By
- Hirotsu Kazuo, Hirotsu Ryūrō
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Women's University | Department of Japanese Literature | Department of Japanese Literature | — | — | Japan |
Japan Women's University
Department of Japanese Literature
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Country:
Japan
Graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Tamura Toshiko Prize | Spring Sound | — | — | winner |
| 1981 | Women's Literary Award | Tsuwabuki no Hana (Flowers of Tsuwabuki) | — | — | winner |
Tamura Toshiko Prize
1972
Work:
Spring Sound
Result:
winner
Women's Literary Award
1981
Work:
Tsuwabuki no Hana (Flowers of Tsuwabuki)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Women's Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 20 (1981) award
Works
Major Works
Spring Sound
1972 Essays / MemoirA collection of essays recounting memories of people close to the author.
familymemoryreminiscence
Father: Hirotsu Kazuo
1973 Biographical EssaysBiographical essays about her father, Hirotsu Kazuo.
familyfather-daughter relationshipreminiscence
Tsuwabuki no Hana: Kiku Amino and Me
1981 BiographyA work depicting the life of Kiku Amino.
biographylife of a womanpostwar literature
Kamakura Floral Patterns
1982 Essays and PhotographsAn essay collection about Kamakura with photographs by Shinichi Marumo.
landscapelocalityessays
Bibliography
- Spring Sound
- Father: Hirotsu Kazuo
- Tsuwabuki no Hana: Kiku Amino and Me
- Kamakura Floral Patterns
Adaptations
- Featured in an NHK ETV special (1998) that covered Hirotsu Kazuo and included Momoko Hirotsu.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- quiet, lyrical narrationreflective, memoir-style essays
- Recurring Motifs
- familymemoryreminiscencefemale perspective
Health
-
Respiratory failure (following a serious illness)1979-1988Limited literary activity and deteriorating health that ultimately led to death
Legacy
Considered the last writer of the three-generation Hirotsu literary family. After her death the family's literary materials were donated to the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature. Her essays and memoirs are valued for recording family life and memories of wartime and postwar Japan.
Museums
- Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Archives
- Three-generation Hirotsu family literary materials (approx. 6,500 items, held at the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature)
In Popular Culture
- Featured in an NHK ETV documentary (1998)
Trivia
- She remained unmarried for life; the three-generation Hirotsu literary line ended with her death.
- The Nishiyama Dormitory burned down in the 1945 air raids.
- 'Spring Sound' won the Tamura Toshiko Prize; 'Tsuwabuki no Hana' won the Women's Literary Award.
- About 6,500 items of the Hirotsu family's materials are held by the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature.