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Yoshitomo Imae

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Imae Yoshitomo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1932-01-15 （Shimanouchi, Minami-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
死没
2015-03-20 （Japan） 83歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Osaka (Shimanouchi, Minami-ku) → Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture (evacuation / childhood) → Koganei, Tokyo (after moving to Tokyo) → Kyoto (from 1968)

経歴

職業
Children's writer, Translator, Editor, English teacher
活動期間
1960年〜2015年
所属
Fukuinkan Shoten (employment), Rironsha (editor / contract editor), Reader's Digest Japan (editor), Seibo Jogakuin Junior College (lecturer / professor)
所属団体
Member of the selection committee for the Buraku Liberation Literature Award (for many years), Japan Children's Literature Association (associated)
影響を受けた人物
Nao Matsui, Shinta Cho (illustrator), Hermann Hesse
影響を与えた人物
Banana Yoshimoto, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Yoko Sano (influenced transition from children's literature to adult readership)

学歴

Doshisha University
Faculty of Letters / Department of English
学位: 学士
期間: 1950-1954
卒業年: 1954
国: Japan
Graduation thesis written in English on critic Herbert Read.

受賞歴

Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Prize
1967
対象作品: A Day at Sea (literal: 'Sea Sunday')
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Ministry of Health and Welfare Children's Welfare Cultural Encouragement Award
1967
対象作品: A Day at Sea
主催: Ministry of Health and Welfare (then)
結果: 受賞
Japan Children's Literature Association Award
1974
対象作品: Bonbon
主催: Japan Children's Literature Association
結果: 受賞
Noma Children's Literature Prize
1977
対象作品: Aniki (Big Brother)
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: 受賞
Robō no Ishi Literature Award
1988
対象作品: Four-part autobiographical series ('Bonbon', 'Aniki', 'Oretachi no Ofukuro', 'Bokka') and long contribution to children's literature
主催: Robō no Ishi Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award
1996
対象作品: Denden Daiko Inochi (literal)
主催: Shogakukan
結果: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1999
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Prize (Merit)
2002
主催: Kyoto Prefecture
結果: 受賞（功労賞）
Japan Picture Book Award
2005
対象作品: Irohanihoheto (title)
主催: Japan Picture Book Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2005
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
ExxonMobil Children's Culture Award
2008
主催: ExxonMobil (Japan)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Beyond the Mountain Was a Blue Sea

1960年 Children's literature

His debut work. Based on a series of children's stories, it depicts adventure and imagination found within everyday life.

AdventureImaginationGrowing up

The Wonderful Three

1969年 Children's literature

A short-story collection focusing on friendships and small, warm episodes.

FriendshipEveryday life

Bonbon

1973年 Children's literature (children's novel)

A novel weaving in his own experiences; read widely as a story of family, friendship and growth.

FamilyGrowing upSelf-discovery

Pretend Kindness

1977年 Children's literature (novel)

Depicts post-divorce father-child relationships and subtleties of daily life. It crossed the boundary of children's literature, was adapted into an NHK drama in 1980 and became a bestseller.

Family bondsKindness and lonelinessEveryday conflicts
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV drama] Pretend Kindness (NHK) (1980)

全著作

  • Beyond the Mountain Was a Blue Sea
  • Full of Pockets
  • I Am a Lion
  • A Day at Sea
  • Bonbon
  • Aniki (Big Brother)
  • Pretend Kindness
  • Winter Light
  • Pastoral
  • Denden Daiko Inochi

翻案

  • Pretend Kindness — adapted as an NHK drama (1980)

作風・主題

文体
Gentle, warm narrative voiceRealism centered on children's perspectivesPortrayal of poetic moments hidden in everyday life
頻出モチーフ
FamilyFriendshipChildhood growthKindness and lonelinessLocal and seaside landscapes

健康

  • liver cancer
    2015年（死去）
    Died of liver cancer in 2015. Creative activity continued for many years prior.

評価・遺産

He produced many notable works in children's literature over decades and, from the 1970s, published works read by adults as well. He experienced controversies over depiction and discrimination but left a deep influence on the field of children's literature.

関連学会

  • Japanese Association for Children's Literature (associated)
  • Japan Children's Literature Association (associated)

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holds works and records)

大衆文化への影響

  • NHK TV adaptation of Pretend Kindness (1980)

引用

  • Children's literature is not only for children.
    出典: Interviews / assorted commentary (general citation)
  • My own 'discrimination' (reflective essay)
    出典: Nihon Jidō Bungaku (reflective essay publication) (1971年)

豆知識

  • 'Hige no Aru Oyaji-tachi' (The Bearded Old Men) was withdrawn and pulped after controversy over discriminatory depictions but was republished in 2008 by Kaiho Publishing.
  • The 1980 NHK TV adaptation made 'Pretend Kindness' a bestseller.
  • Graduated from Doshisha University; early interest in English and French literature.