Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (2001) award
Mayuko Sannomiya
さんのみや まゆこ
Sannomiya Mayuko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1966-11-27 （Tokyo）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Essayist, Writer
- Active Years
- 1998-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia University | Faculty of Humanities, Department of French Literature | French Literature | 学士 | — | Japan |
| Sophia University Graduate School | — | Master's program (coursework completed) | 修士課程修了相当 | — | Japan |
Sophia University
Faculty of Humanities, Department of French Literature
/ French Literature
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Sophia University Graduate School
Master's program (coursework completed)
Degree:
修士課程修了相当
Country:
Japan
Completed the graduate school's master's (pre-doctoral) program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Japan Essayists' Club Prize | If You Listen Quietly | — | The Japan Essayists' Club | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Tenji Mainichi Cultural Prize | — | — | Tenji Mainichi | 受賞 |
Japan Essayists' Club Prize
2001
Work:
If You Listen Quietly
Organization:
The Japan Essayists' Club
Result:
受賞
Tenji Mainichi Cultural Prize
2009
Organization:
Tenji Mainichi
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Sky the Birds Taught Me
1998 EssayAn essay in which the visually impaired author reflects on inner landscapes through everyday sounds and relations with nature.
visual impairmentnaturerenewal
If You Listen Quietly
2001 EssayA collection of essays portraying small everyday insights discovered by listening; characterized by a warm, gentle voice.
awarenesshappinesssound
Close Your Eyes, Open Your Heart: What Is True Happiness?
2002 Non-fictionAn introductory essay on happiness, including accessible explanations aimed at younger readers.
theory of happinessself-help
In Search of Sound
2008 Reportage EssayA reportage-style essay exploring people and places through sound and hearing, revealing the richness of the unseen world.
soundhearingreportage
Bibliography
- The Sky the Birds Taught Me
- If You Listen Quietly
- Close Your Eyes, Open Your Heart: What Is True Happiness?
- A Practice Book of Courage to Encourage You
- I Can Hear the Sound of Life
- The Flutter of Happiness
- Throw Away Your Watch: Hints to Reborn as a New Self
- A Gift Called Hope: To Make Flowers Bloom in the Heart
- Long Dream: Wishes Come True
- Lucky-Eared Rakugo
- In Search of Sound
- Delicious Sound
- 20 Ways to Fill Life with Happiness
- The Train Sings
- The Sky Smells
- Reportage Essay: Walking with Feeling
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accessible proseEmpathetic, intimate voiceDescriptions grounded in auditory perception
- Recurring Motifs
- soundnaturehappiness
Health
-
Blind since early childhood幼少期からVisual impairment has influenced her themes and descriptive methods, emphasizing sound and touch.
Legacy
Drawing on her experience of visual impairment, she is widely admired for gentle essays focusing on sound and everyday awareness, and she is recognized in welfare and educational contexts.
Academic Societies
- The Japan Essayists' Club
Trivia
- Her birth surname is Baba.
- She lost her sight in early childhood.
- She maintains an Ameba blog and an X (formerly Twitter) account.