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Noriko Minobe

みのべ のりこ

Minobe Noriko

別名: 豊田（現姓）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1955-08-02 （Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan）
死没
null
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan → Tokyo (Waseda University) → Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Author, Essayist
活動期間
1978年〜
所属
Selection committee member, Arishima Youth Literary Prize (sponsored by Hokkaido Shimbun), Rai Sanyo Network
影響を受けた人物
Rai Sanyo (historical scholar)

学歴

Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School
General Course
期間: 1970-1973
卒業年: 1973
国: Japan
While in high school she engaged in creative writing and won an honorable mention at the 11th Arishima Youth Literary Prize.
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First Department)
Faculty of Letters (First Department) / Department of Literary Arts
学位: 学士
期間: 1974-1978
卒業年: 1978
国: Japan
Wrote a 200-page novel 'Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai' as her graduation thesis; introduced by a professor and published in Waseda Bungaku, leading to her debut.

受賞歴

Arishima Youth Literary Prize (11th, Honorable Mention)
1973
対象作品: Finger
主催: Hokkaido Shimbun
結果: 佳作入選
Rai Sanyo Memorial Culture Prize
2000
対象作品: Supporapon no Pon: The 84-year Life of Rai Sanyo's Mother, Umebi
主催: Rai Sanyo Memorial Association
結果: 受賞
Nitta Jiro Literary Prize
2008
対象作品: Rai Sanyo
主催: Nitta Jiro Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Hiroshima Culture Award (29th)
2008
主催: Hiroshima Culture Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Hiroshima City Municipal Service Commendation
2015
主催: Hiroshima City
結果: 表彰
Rai Sanyo Memorial Culture Prize (41st)
2023
対象作品: Activities of the Rai Sanyo Network
主催: Rai Sanyo Memorial Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai

1978年 Novel

A novel written as her graduation thesis and published by Kodansha in 1978. The book sold over 500,000 copies and was adapted into a film in 1979 starring Kaori Momoi.

Female interiorityFamilyHuman relationshipsComing-of-age
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai (1979)

The Sky That Suddenly Cleared

1981年 Novel

Published in 1981. A work depicting subtleties of everyday life and personal emotions.

Everyday lifeEmotionsHuman relations

Sacred River

1984年 Novel

Published in 1984. A novel that weaves a story using symbolic place names and landscapes.

SymbolsLandscapeMemory

Supporapon no Pon: The 84-year Life of Rai Sanyo's Mother, Umebi

2000年 Historical novel / Biography

A historical work centered on Rai Sanyo's mother, Umebi. The book received the Rai Sanyo Memorial Culture Prize in 2000.

Family historyRegional historyA woman's life

Rai Sanyo

2007年 Biography / Historical study

A study/biography focused on Rai Sanyo combining novelistic narrative and archival research. It won the Nitta Jiro Literary Prize in 2008.

Historical researchBiographical portraitLate Edo period

全著作

  • Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai (Kodansha, 1978)
  • Itsu no Manika Hareta Sora (Kodansha, 1981)
  • Sacred River (Kodansha, 1984)
  • Otoko Tomodachi (Kodansha, 1990)
  • The Left Ring (Shodensha, 1992)
  • Three Sisters (Kodansha, 1995)
  • Nakitai Yoru (Kindai Bungeisha, 1997)
  • Flames of Love (Kodansha, 1998)
  • Supporapon no Pon: The 84-year Life of Rai Sanyo's Mother, Umebi (Nannansa, 2000)
  • I Shouldn't Have Built a House (Kodansha, 2003)
  • Pierced for Rai Sanyo (Nannansa, 2004)
  • Walking the Heike Monogatari (Yama to Keikokusha, 2004)
  • Rai Sanyo (Tokuma Shoten, 2007)
  • The Heike: Drama of Love and Destruction (Best Shinsho, 2011)
  • Unvanquished Bakumatsu (Tokuma Shoten, 2012)
  • Angry Kiyomori — 'Taira no Kiyomori' as Depicted by Rai Sanyo (Nannansa, 2012)
  • Kamado Sarae — Short Stories by Noriko Minobe; Tales around Rai Sanyo (Cosmo Books, 2014)
  • Stigma (Honbunsha, 2016)
  • My Roots (Honbunsha, 2018)
  • Rai Sanyo and the War State (Nannansa, 2019)

翻案

  • Film adaptation of 'Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai' (1979), starring Kaori Momoi

作風・主題

文体
Delicate depiction of female psychologyClear, readable narrative voiceHistorically grounded portrayal of historical figures
頻出モチーフ
Mother-child and family relationsIntersection of individual and historyInterest in regional history

評価・遺産

She achieved commercial success with her 1978 debut and subsequently contributed to regional culture and historical understanding through historical novels and works on Rai Sanyo. Based in Hiroshima, she has been active as a cultural figure and has been recognized for work promoting and researching Rai Sanyo.

関連学会

  • Rai Sanyo Network

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library authority file (ID: 00103676)
  • Authority data available: VIAF 111418859, ISNI 0000000083044930, WorldCat identifiers

大衆文化への影響

  • Film adaptation of 'Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai' (1979)
  • Appearances on regional TV and radio in Hiroshima

豆知識

  • 'Mou Hohozue wa Tsukanai' sold over 500,000 copies after its publication.
  • The novel was adapted into a film in 1979 starring Kaori Momoi.
  • Her paternal family traces roots to Echizen (now Echizen City), Fukui Prefecture; ancestors migrated to Hokkaido.
  • She married in 1981 and moved to Hiroshima City, where she continued writing and cultural activities.
  • Research on Rai Sanyo has been a lifelong focus and she has published multiple works on the subject.
  • She won the Nitta Jiro Literary Prize in 2008.
  • Since 2001 she has served as a selection committee member for the Arishima Youth Literary Prize.