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Madoka Sato

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Madoka Sato

プロフィール

性別
女性
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, Italian
居住地歴
Tokyo (registered domicile) → Milan (study / lived) → Tuscany (resident) → Italy (resident)

経歴

職業
Writer, Product designer
活動期間
2006年〜
所属
Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors, Kisetsufu (literary circle)
所属団体
Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors
ノミネート
Noma Children's Literature Award nomination

学歴

Domus Academy
Product Design
期間: 1987-
国: Italy
Went to Italy on a scholarship and graduated from Domus Academy. Exact years not specified.

受賞歴

Nissan Fairy Tale and Picture Book Grand Prix (Grand Prize, Fairy Tale Division)
2006
対象作品: Light Blue Flippers
主催: Nissan (organizer)
結果: winner
Utsunomiya Children Award
2011
対象作品: Super Kids: The Worst and Best of Us
主催: Utsunomiya Children Award Committee
結果: winner
Japan Association of Children's Literature Award
2020
対象作品: Ad-lib
主催: Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Light Blue Flippers

2006年 Picture book / Fairy tale

Winner of the 22nd Nissan Fairy Tale and Picture Book Grand Prix (fairy tale division). A children's fairy-tale work.

ImaginationGrowing upFamily

Super Kids: The Worst and Best of Us

2011年 YA / Children's literature

A YA novel about youth, conflict and friendship. Winner of the 28th Utsunomiya Children Award.

FriendshipSelf-discovery

Ad-lib

2019年 YA / Children's literature

Published in 2019. Winner of the 60th Japan Association of Children's Literature Award. Delicately depicts youth psychology and everyday uncertainties.

IdentityAdolescence

I Am a Water Flea

2018年 Picture book

Illustrated by Koji Yamamura. A humorous picture book about nature and creatures. Translated and published in Korea in 2019.

NatureLiving creatures
翻訳
  • 2019 Korean translation published by Kiwi Books

全著作

  • Light Blue Flippers
  • Who is Tekkoumaru?
  • Kokeshi-chan
  • Sun Umbrella, Rain Umbrella, Cloudy Umbrella
  • Spaghetti Operation
  • My Cat Became a Robot
  • Little Hunter
  • Ally of Justice
  • A Noh Mask in the Dark
  • Our Neat Alien
  • Super Kids: The Worst and Best of Us
  • Farewell to Days of Freedom and Dissipation
  • Cafe de Chirico
  • Rejection
  • 105 Degrees
  • Artificial Soul
  • World and Break
  • Jumping to the Moon
  • Our Blue
  • Snake Dance
  • Talking Drum
  • People Who Like Rainy Days
  • Nokutsudoraiou: Kutsu no Oraitado
  • Scramble Crossing
  • Do Robots Cry?
  • Upcycle! For Our Tomorrow

作家による翻訳

  • My Friend the Dragon Lumpi-Lumpi (translated Italian picture-story series)
  • Googoosooso (Italian picture book translation)
  • Greedy Academy (Italian children's story translation)
  • Baby of the Forest (Italian picture book translation)

作品の翻訳

  • I Am a Water Flea — 2019 Korean translation (Kiwi Books)
  • Sun Umbrella, Rain Umbrella, Cloudy Umbrella — 2017 Korean translation (KiwiBooks)
  • Ally of Justice — 2021 Korean translation (Wisdom house)
  • Various works translated into Korean and other markets; publication years vary by title.

作風・主題

文体
Plain yet delicate prose for children and YAIncorporates fantasy and SF elementsHumorous and observant descriptions
頻出モチーフ
Robots and the heart (artificiality vs emotion)Family and friendshipPerspectives of living abroad / cross-cultural life

評価・遺産

A writer who leveraged experience living in Italy to produce a wide range of children's and YA works. Her books have been selected and translated abroad, earning recognition in the children's literature community.

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Children's Literature Authors

豆知識

  • Moved alone to Italy in 1987 and studied at Domus Academy in Milan (with scholarship).
  • Former product designer who ran a design studio in Milan.
  • Several works have been translated into Korean.
  • Registered domicile remains in Tokyo.