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Toshio Miyawaki

みやわき としお

Miyawaki Toshio

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1907-02-15 (Nariwa, Kawakami District, Okayama Prefecture (now Takahashi City), Japan)
死没
1986-11-18 79歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (worked in and ran bookstores) → Tokyo, Japan (moved to Tokyo in 1935)

経歴

職業
Children's author, Translator, Writer
活動期間
1935年〜1986年
影響を受けた人物
Jojie Tsubota, Seiji Haji

受賞歴

Noma Children's Literature Award
1969
対象作品: Yama no Ongoku Monogatari
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: 受賞
Japan Children's Writers Association Award
1976
対象作品: The Cat Named Hey
主催: Japan Children's Writers Association
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1977
対象作品: Okin's Flower Kanzashi
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1980
対象作品: The Persimmon Tree Has Three Fruits
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Yama no Ongoku Monogatari

1969年 Children's literature

A children's story set in a mountain village that warmly depicts nature and communal life.

NatureCommunityGrowth

The Cat Named Hey

1976年 Children's literature

A children's tale featuring a cat as the protagonist, characterized by endearing depictions and observations of everyday life.

AnimalsFriendshipEveryday life

Okin's Flower Kanzashi

1977年 Children's literature

A children's story that treats tradition and family memories as its subject.

TraditionFamilyLocal culture

The Persimmon Tree Has Three Fruits

1979年 Children's literature

A story set against rural and natural backdrops, depicting the world from a child's perspective.

Rural lifeNatureChildren

全著作

作家による翻訳

作風・主題

文体
Simple, child-friendly narrative voiceSpecializes in retellings of folktales and classical stories
頻出モチーフ
NatureAnimalsRural/local life

評価・遺産

A prolific Japanese children's author who contributed many original works as well as retellings and translations of folktales and foreign children's literature. Recipient of multiple children's literature awards; praised for portrayals of nature and children's perspectives rooted in local settings.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (bibliographic records)

豆知識

  • His younger brother is the ecologist Akira Miyawaki.
  • After working in and running a bookstore in Okayama City, he moved to Tokyo in 1935 and began his literary career.