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Teruo Jingū

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Jingū Teruo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1932-02-26 （Takasaki, Gunma, Japan）
死没
2021-08-04 （Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan） 89歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Takasaki, Gunma, Japan → Tokyo, Japan → Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
Children's literature scholar, Translator, Researcher, University professor
活動期間
1957年〜2021年
所属
Aoyama Gakuin University (Professor Emeritus), Shirayuri Women's University (Professor)
影響を受けた人物
Arthur Ransome, Richard Adams, Maurice Sendak
影響を与えた人物
Subsequent generations of Japanese children's literature scholars and translators

学歴

Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I
School of Letters, English Department / English Literature
国: Japan
Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Letters, English Literature / English Literature
学位: 文学修士
国: Japan
Completed master's program

受賞歴

Japan Association of Children's Literature Award
1964
対象作品: Guide to World Children's Literature
主催: Japan Association of Children's Literature
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1966
主催: Sankei Shimbun (Sankei)
結果: 受賞
Children's Welfare Culture Award
1968
対象作品: Arthur Ransome Collected Works (translation/edition)
結果: 受賞
International Grimm Prize
2009
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Guide to World Children's Literature

1963年 Non-fiction (children's literature studies)

A survey and guide to world children's literature introducing and commenting on major authors and works. Considered an introductory reference in Japanese children's literature studies.

History of children's literatureTranslation and introductionWork classification

Arthur Ransome Collected Works (editor/translator)

1968年 Translation / Collected works

A collected edition presenting Arthur Ransome's works in Japanese with editorial notes and translations, contributing to the popularization of Ransome in Japan.

Introduction to English (children's) literatureTranslation studies

Where the Wild Things Are (translation)

1975年 Children's book (translation)

Japanese translation of Maurice Sendak's classic picture book, bringing the charm of the book to Japanese children.

ImaginationChild's inner life

全著作

  • Guide to World Children's Literature (Rironsha), 1963
  • Arthur Ransome Collected Works (Hyoronsha), 1968
  • Powerful One from the Sea (Poplar), 1969
  • Children in Children's Literature (NHK Books), 1974
  • Contemporary Japanese Children's Literature (Hyoronsha), 1974
  • Dialogues with Contemporary Children's Authors (Kaiseisha), 10 vols., 1988-1992

翻案

  • Portions of translations adopted in school textbooks and anthologies

作家による翻訳

  • Watership Down (Richard Adams)
  • Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
  • Swallowdale and Peter Duck (Arthur Ransome, co-translation)

作風・主題

文体
Clear, expository styleComparative and historical perspective on children's literature
頻出モチーフ
Introduction to British children's literatureCultural mediation through translation

健康

  • Interstitial pneumonia
    2021
    Hospitalized with interstitial pneumonia and died on August 4, 2021

評価・遺産

Teruo Jingū was a leading figure in introducing and translating English-language children's literature in postwar Japan, influencing children's literature research and education through his translations, studies, and editorial work.

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Children's Literature

資料所蔵先

  • Materials held at the National Diet Library (works and translations)
  • Recorded in major library and bibliographic databases worldwide (e.g., VIAF)

豆知識

  • Known for editing and translating Arthur Ransome's works and introducing many English-language children's books to Japan.
  • Some of his translations have been adopted in elementary school textbooks and anthologies.