Bungei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1979) award
Meiou Masako
めいおう まさこ
Meiou Masako
Aliases:
柄谷真佐子 / 原真佐子
Pen Names:
Hara Akie（Pen name used for translations）,
Masako Karatani（Translation credit under married name (in some works)）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1939-11-25 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 1995-04-21 （Sacramento, California, USA） age 55
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese, English
- Religion
- Anthroposophy (Rudolf Steiner's teachings)
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Sacramento, California, USA (residence/stay)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, translator
- Active Years
- 1963-1995
- Influenced By
- Laurence Sterne, Rudolf Steiner
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | Department of English and American Studies | Department of English and American Studies | 学士 | — | Japan |
| University of Tokyo Graduate School | English Literature | English Literature | 修士 | — | Japan |
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Department of English and American Studies
/ Department of English and American Studies
Degree:
学士
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
Japan
University of Tokyo Graduate School
English Literature
/ English Literature
Degree:
修士
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
Japan
Master's thesis on Laurence Sterne
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Bungei Prize | — | — | Bungei (literary magazine) | 受賞 |
Bungei Prize
1979
Organization:
Bungei (literary magazine)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A work that delicately depicts a woman's inner life and fragments of daily existence.
womeninner lifepsychology
A work portraying characters' emotions against the backdrop of nature and seasonal atmosphere.
natureseasonsintrospection
A work that explores human relationships and memory through symbolic imagery.
symbolismmemoryrelationships
A story interweaving imaginative motifs.
dreamsimaginationfreedom
A late work containing symbolic and mythic imagery; a longer novel.
mythsymbolismfamily
Bibliography
Translations by Author
- The Future of the Novel (Anaïs Nin) (translation)
- Anaïs Nin: Diary 1931–34 (Henry Miller and the Paris Years) (translation)
- Women Who Run with the Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola Estés) (co-translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- introspective, delicate descriptionspoetic style using symbolism and dreams
- Recurring Motifs
- women's inner lifedreams and symbolismmemory and myth
Health
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ruptured aneurysm1995（急性）In 1995, suffered a ruptured aneurysm while staying in Sacramento, resulting in death.
Legacy
Meiou Masako left a body of work as a novelist and translator exploring women's inner lives, dreams, and myth; she was recognized with the Bungei Prize in 1979 and introduced authors such as Anaïs Nin and Rudolf Steiner to Japanese readers.
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority record available)
- Library of Congress (authority record)
Trivia
- Used the pen name Hara Akie for some translations.
- Legal name was Masako Karatani (née Hara); married Kōjin Karatani in 1965 and later divorced.
- Had a deep interest in astrology and studied Rudolf Steiner's teachings later in life.
- Died in 1995 in Sacramento due to a ruptured aneurysm.