Kodansha Essay Award
1回登壇
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第23回（2007年） award
Sachiko Kishimoto
きしもと さちこ
Kishimoto Sachiko
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1960-02-25 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese, English
- 居住地歴
- Yokohama, Kanagawa → Setagaya, Tokyo (raised in company housing)
経歴
- 職業
- Translator, Essayist, Anthologist / Editor-translator
- 活動期間
- 1988年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Kansuke Naka, Naoya Shiga, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Richard Brautigan, Kōji Nakata (mentor in translation)
- 影響を与えた人物
- Hiromi Kawakami, Yoko Ogawa, Kaoru Kitamura
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature | Faculty of Literature | Department of English Literature | — | — | Japan |
Sophia University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature
Faculty of Literature
/ Department of English Literature
卒業年:
1982
国:
Japan
Studied translation in the seminar of Sadatoku Bekkū; undergraduate thesis on Richard Brautigan.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kodansha Essay Award | Nemimotsu Type | — | Kodansha | winner |
Kodansha Essay Award
2007
対象作品:
Nemimotsu Type
主催:
Kodansha
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Kinininaru Bubun (Parts That Bother Me)
2000年 EssayA first essay collection drawing on pieces serialized in magazines such as 'The World of Translation'; it combines everyday observations with reflections on translation in a humorous, candid voice.
translation and readingeveryday detailhumor
Nemimotsu Type
2007年 EssayA collection of essays from the magazine 'Chikuma', capturing personal memories and subtle aspects of daily life from a distinctive perspective; it won the Kodansha Essay Award.
memorydaily lifepersonal episodes
A Manual for Cleaning Women (translation)
2019年 Translation (short stories)Kishimoto's translation of Lucia Berlin's short-story collection, praised for conveying the rhythm and everyday sensibility of the original into Japanese and receiving wide critical and reader acclaim.
ordinary lifememoryfemale perspectives
全著作
- Kinininaru Bubun (Parts That Bother Me)
- Nemimotsu Type
- Some Circumstances
- Secret Questions
- Seas I Want to Visit Before I Die
- I Don't Know
- Strange Love: Anthology (editor)
- A Manual for Cleaning Women (translation)
作家による翻訳
- Lucia Berlin
- Lydia Davis
- Nicholson Baker
- Shaun Tan
- Jeanette Winterson
- Miranda July
作品の翻訳
- A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
- All the Months, All the Years (Lucia Berlin)
- The Mezzanine? (Nicholson Baker) - Japanese translation title: Moshi Moshi
作風・主題
- 文体
- Light, candid essayistic voiceFaithful translations sensitive to the nuances of the original
- 頻出モチーフ
- everyday detailmemory and travelthe gaze toward others
評価・遺産
Recognized as a translator and essayist who introduced cutting-edge overseas works to Japanese readers; her translation style has garnered a dedicated readership and influenced the reception of international literature in Japan.
豆知識
- After graduating from university she worked in the advertising department at Suntory for six and a half years before leaving to become a translator.
- She has said that reading Yasutaka Tsutsui in junior high school had a life-changing impact on her.
- She cites Kōji Nakata as her mentor in translation.