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第14回（1967年） award
Shumon Miura
みうら しゅもん
Miura Shumon
ペンネーム:
Shumon Miura（Used as a pen name / author name）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1926-01-12 （Higashi-Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan）
- 死没
- 2017-02-03 （Tokyo, Japan） 91歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 宗教
- Catholicism
- 居住地歴
- Higashi-Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo (birthplace) → Denenchofu, Ota-ku, Tokyo (residence) → Aichi Prefecture (worked at Chubu University)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Essayist, Critic, Translator, University professor, Cultural administrator
- 活動期間
- 1951年〜2017年
- 所属
- Nihon University College of Art (Professor), Chubu University (Professor; former President), Japan Art Academy (Chairman; Member), Japan Writers' Association (Chairman)
- 所属団体
- Japan Art Academy, Japan Writers' Association
- 影響を受けた人物
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Itsuo Miura (father), Shūsaku Endō (contemporary writer; co-author)
- ノミネート
- Akutagawa Prize nominee: 'Ono to Bachō' (1952)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Linguistics | 学士（文学） | 1945–1948 | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Linguistics
学位:
学士（文学）
期間:
1945–1948
卒業年:
1948
国:
Japan
Returned to studies after World War II and graduated in 1948
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Shinchōsha Literary Prize | Hakoniwa (The Miniature Garden) | — | Shinchōsha Publishing | winner |
| 1970 | Order of St. Sylvester (Papal Knighthood) | — | — | The Holy See | recipient |
| 1983 | Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education Award) | Musashino Indian | — | Ministry of Education / Agency for Cultural Affairs | winner |
| 1987 | Japan Art Academy Prize / Imperial Prize (Onshi Award) | — | — | Japan Art Academy | winner |
| 1999 | Seiron Prize | — | — | Seiron Prize Committee | winner |
| 1999 | Person of Cultural Merits | — | — | Government of Japan | honored |
Shinchōsha Literary Prize
1967
対象作品:
Hakoniwa (The Miniature Garden)
主催:
Shinchōsha Publishing
結果:
winner
Order of St. Sylvester (Papal Knighthood)
1970
主催:
The Holy See
結果:
recipient
Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education Award)
1983
対象作品:
Musashino Indian
主催:
Ministry of Education / Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果:
winner
Japan Art Academy Prize / Imperial Prize (Onshi Award)
1987
主催:
Japan Art Academy
結果:
winner
Seiron Prize
1999
主催:
Seiron Prize Committee
結果:
winner
Person of Cultural Merits
1999
主催:
Government of Japan
結果:
honored
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Meifu Sansuizu (Landscape of the Underworld)
1951年 NovelDebut work. Short/novella exploring postwar nihilism and human loneliness.
postwar Japannihilismindividual vs society
The Celluloid Tower
1960年 NovelA novel set against film and contemporary culture, depicting human relationships and desires.
mediadesirehuman relationships
Hakoniwa (The Miniature Garden)
1967年 NovelA hallmark work on family and inner worlds. Winner of the 1967 Shinchōsha Literary Prize.
familyinner lifenostalgia
Musashino Indian
1982年 NovelA work addressing local communities and Japanese identity; recipient of the Arts Encouragement Prize.
regionalismidentityJapanese society
Longing for Home
1987年 NovelA work dealing with aging and nostalgia.
agingnostalgiafamily
全著作
- Meifu Sansuizu (Landscape of the Underworld)
- Lagoon
- Faces on the Map
- The Celluloid Tower
- When the Sheep Are Angry
- The Child
- On Women: Paradoxical Woman-Loving
- Myth
- Hakoniwa (The Miniature Garden)
- Young Fruit
- Departure from Love: Seeking from Heart to Heart
- To Live Love Once: Wisdom from Heart to Heart
- Garden of Teaching
- In the Middle of the Road
- Tower of Babel
- Accuse the Blue Bird
- Crow
- A Distant Journey
- Housing-Complex Elementary School
- Ellipse
- Mammoth
- Delinquents' Paradise
- Japan Seen from Southeast Asia
- Musashino Indian
- Longing for Home
- The Emperor's Showa
- The Head of the Family
- Parents Should Die for Their Children
- Artificial Flower
- Dignity of Old Age
- The Emperor: Japan's Disposition
- What the Emperor Means to the Japanese
作家による翻訳
- My Name Is Aram (William Saroyan) — translation
- Heaven Doesn't Pay Dividends (Richard Kaufmann) — translation
- The Day Christ Died (Jim Bishop) — translation
- The Fourth Dimension: Fantastical Short Stories (Clifton Fadiman) — translation
作風・主題
- 文体
- clear and persuasive narrationessayistic and polemical style
- 頻出モチーフ
- the Japanese statefamilyeducationagingChristian themes
健康
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Interstitial pneumonia2017年に悪化し2017-02-03に死去He died of interstitial pneumonia on 3 February 2017, bringing his writing and public activities to an end.
評価・遺産
A representative postwar Japanese writer and leader in cultural administration. Known for conservative commentary, influence on education and cultural policy, and controversial remarks.
関連学会
- Japan Art Academy
- Japan Writers' Association
大衆文化への影響
- Subject of media controversies and debates on education and social issues from the 1980s onward.
引用
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I meant it as a pun as a mercenary writer, but I reflect that I made mistakes in various respects.
出典: Apology at the House of Councillors Education Committee (1985) (1985年) -
One can live without solving quadratic equations.
出典: Statement cited in discussions of the National Curriculum Council (education debate) (2000年)
豆知識
- His pen name 'Shumon' is said to derive from the saint Simon Peter; his father Itsuo Miura was a Dante scholar of Italian literature.
- He was married to writer Ayako Sono; the couple were Catholic believers.
- He served on the faculty of Nihon University College of Art and resigned after the 1969 student unrest there.
- He held major cultural-administrative posts including Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and Chairman of the Japan Art Academy.
- From the 1980s he drew major controversy over remarks on sexual violence and education.
- He died in 2017 of interstitial pneumonia at the age of 91.