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第3回（1985年） grand prize
Mutsumi Ishii
いしい むつみ
Ishii Mutsumi
別名:
駒井れん
ペンネーム:
Komai Ren（Pen name used for novels (used when publishing 'Pascal no Koi' and receiving the Asahi Newcomer Literary Prize).）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1957-01-04 （Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Children's literature author, Translator, Magazine editor, Novelist
- 活動期間
- 1988年〜
- 所属
- Seidosha (editor), Editor-in-chief, quarterly magazine 'Tobu Kyoshitsu' (2005–2013)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Yasuo Maekawa
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Ferris University
Faculty of Letters
国:
Japan
Source notes graduation from Ferris University; exact year not specified in available sources.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 'Little Fairy Tale' Grand Prize (3rd) | The Beginning of May, Sunday Morning | — | The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. | 受賞 |
| — | Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award (8th) | The Beginning of May, Sunday Morning | — | Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Asahi Newcomer Literary Prize (14th) | Pascal's Love | — | The Asahi Shimbun Company | 受賞（筆名：駒井れん） |
| 2011 | Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors Award (51st) | Plates and Paper Airplanes | — | Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Hirosuke Children's Story Award (26th) | Watashi-chan | — | Hirosuke Children's Story Award | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (53rd, Grand Prize) | Jack's New Yacht (translator) | 翻訳 | Sankei Shimbun | 大賞受賞（訳書） |
'Little Fairy Tale' Grand Prize (3rd)
対象作品:
The Beginning of May, Sunday Morning
主催:
The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
結果:
受賞
Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award (8th)
対象作品:
The Beginning of May, Sunday Morning
主催:
Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award
結果:
受賞
Asahi Newcomer Literary Prize (14th)
2003
対象作品:
Pascal's Love
主催:
The Asahi Shimbun Company
結果:
受賞（筆名：駒井れん）
Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors Award (51st)
2011
対象作品:
Plates and Paper Airplanes
主催:
Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors
結果:
受賞
Hirosuke Children's Story Award (26th)
2015
対象作品:
Watashi-chan
主催:
Hirosuke Children's Story Award
結果:
受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (53rd, Grand Prize)
2006
対象作品:
Jack's New Yacht (translator)
部門:
翻訳
主催:
Sankei Shimbun
結果:
大賞受賞（訳書）
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Pascal's Love
2003年 NovelA novel published under the pen name Komai Ren. It delicately depicts characters' emotions and relationships.
loveselfhuman relationships
Plates and Paper Airplanes
2010年 Children's literatureA children's book that portrays small joys and losses of everyday life from a child's perspective. Winner of the Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors Award.
familygrowing upeveryday detail
Watashi-chan
2015年 Children's taleA children's tale told in the author's gentle voice, depicting moments from everyday life.
childreneveryday lifekindness
The Beginning of May, Sunday Morning
1989年 Children's storyOne of the early prize-winning pieces. A short children's story that captures subtle aspects of a child's heart through small events.
childhoodobservationsense of season
Eggs and Flour and Then Madeleine
2001年 Children's literature / Picture bookA picture-book-like story that depicts family and the warmth of everyday life through cooking and daily routines.
foodfamilyattachment to everyday life
全著作
- Papa wa Suteki na Otoko no Obasan
- Sky-Colored Sunflower
- The Beginning of May, Sunday Morning
- The Problem Is a Present
- Friends Are Nice
- Come to the Come-Here Tree
- Kiritubo (from 'The Tale of Genji')
- Apparashion
- The Big Bang's Tangerine Guinea Pig
- Pamela Patty Poss's New House
- A Tiny Family: Life of the Pygmy Hedgehog
- Julia's Christmas
- Eggs and Flour and Then Madeleine
- Lemon Drops
- Little Angel
- Minami-chan & Kominami-chan
- Sumire-chan
- White Moon, Yellow Moon
- Grandma Bear
- The Girl Who Became a Grandmother
- Cabbage
- Sumire-chan Is a First Grader
- Mint Scent under Ultramarine Sky: After Baked Sweets
- West Bears, East Bears
- A Precious Person
- Sumire-chan's Hot Summer
- The Doll's Move
- Sibling Puzzle
- Plates and Paper Airplanes
- Let's Play
- Reunion and Parting (co-authored)
作家による翻訳
- Mama Doesn't Know My Name
- A Very Many Kinds of Day
- The Happy Princess
- Paradise
- Furi Furi
- Delila: The Naughty Little Lamb
- Tiny the Little Mouse's Great Adventure
- Jack's New Yacht
- Harold's Tail
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (translator)
- The Girl with the Fluffy Head
- The Potato Field
作風・主題
- 文体
- quiet narrative voicefocus on children's perspectivesdetail-oriented descriptions of everyday life
- 頻出モチーフ
- family and homefood and handiworkseasons and everyday landscapes
評価・遺産
Active for many years as a children's author, translator and editor, she has contributed a steady body of works and editorial/translation activity to Japanese children's literature. She also received recognition in the novel field, winning the Asahi Newcomer Literary Prize.
関連学会
- Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors
- Japan Children's Literary Artists Association
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library (holdings)
- Authority data such as VIAF / ISNI
豆知識
- Real name is Mutsumi Ishii; she has published novels under the pen name Komai Ren.
- Graduated from Ferris University, Faculty of Letters.
- Served as editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine 'Tobu Kyoshitsu' from 2005 to January 2013.
- Her translation 'Jack's New Yacht' won the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (Grand Prize).