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第72回（1991年） award
Yuko Midori
みどり ゆうこ
Midori Yuuko
ペンネーム:
Midori Yuuko（Pen name used at debut and for early works）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1958-02-17 （Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan (birthplace) → United Kingdom (suburbs of London), resident since 1988
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Essayist, Author
- 活動期間
- 1991年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Minako Saito (reviewer who featured and supported her work)
- ノミネート
- 50th Japan Essayists' Club Award candidate (for 'The British Like "Ideals"')
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia University | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | 学士 | — | Japan |
Sophia University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
学位:
学士
国:
Japan
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | Plants Crossing the Sea | — | Bungakukai | winner |
| 2002 | Japan Essayists' Club Award | The British Like 'Ideals' | — | Japan Essayists' Club | nominated |
Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
1991
対象作品:
Plants Crossing the Sea
主催:
Bungakukai
結果:
winner
Japan Essayists' Club Award
2002
対象作品:
The British Like 'Ideals'
主催:
Japan Essayists' Club
結果:
nominated
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Plants Crossing the Sea
1991年 FictionDebut work using plants as a motif to explore cross-cultural and human relationships; won the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize in 1991.
plantsmigrationcross-cultural exchange
The Day of Releasing the Stork
1997年 FictionPublished in 1997. A work that examines everyday life and family through observational perspective to probe universal themes.
familyeveryday lifeobservation
The British Like 'Ideals'
2002年 EssayAn essay collection analyzing British society and culture from a Japanese perspective. It received attention in Japan and was a candidate for the 50th Japan Essayists' Club Award.
British culturecomparative valuesJapan–UK relations
The British Are Good at 'Tatemae'
2002年 EssayAn essay discussing British social niceties and outward behaviour with humor and keen observation.
social facadesetiquettecultural comparison
Gossipy Brits
2003年 EssayAn essay collection focusing on gossip and the subtleties of interpersonal relations observed in British society.
gossipsocial interactioncultural observation
Britons Who Pretend to Stay Young; Serious Japanese Aging — Tips for a Happy Later Life
2004年 EssayA book comparing British and Japanese cultural attitudes toward aging and offering thoughts on living a fulfilling later life.
agingwell-beingcultural comparison
A Japan Unknown to Japanese — From the UK
2004年 Non-fictionA reflective essay on Japan as seen from the vantage point of a Japan-residing author living in the UK.
perspective shiftJapanese abroadcomparative culture
Becoming a Plant and Observing Humans
2009年 EssaysAn essay collection that adopts a plant's perspective to observe humans and society.
plantsobservationhuman nature
全著作
- The Day of Releasing the Stork (1997)
- The British Like 'Ideals' (2002)
- The British Are Good at 'Tatemae' (2002)
- Gossipy Brits (2003)
- Britons Who Pretend to Stay Young; Serious Japanese Aging (2004)
- A Japan Unknown to Japanese — From the UK (2004)
- Becoming a Plant and Observing Humans (2009)
- Plants Crossing the Sea (1991)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Witty, observant prose centered on Japan–UK cultural comparisonsEssayistic reflection combined with light humor
- 頻出モチーフ
- plantsBritish social customsaging and everyday lifepublic façade vs private truth
評価・遺産
Since winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize in 1991, she has been known as a writer and essayist who offers Japan–UK cultural comparisons and plant-themed reflections from a UK-based perspective. Her essays on British society have received attention both in Japan and abroad.
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library, Japan (authority ID: 00619373)
- VIAF (ID: 258470881)
- ISNI (0000000379735538)
豆知識
- Graduated from Sophia University, Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature.
- Married a British photographer in 1988 and has lived in the suburbs of London.
- Won the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize in 1991 under the pen name 'Midori Yuuko' for 'Plants Crossing the Sea'.
- 'The British Like "Ideals"' was a candidate for the 50th Japan Essayists' Club Award.
- Her work was featured by Minako Saito in an Asahi Shimbun book review.