Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1957) award
Yaeko Nogami
のがみ やえこ
Nogami Yaeko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1885-05-06 （Usuki, Oita, Japan）
- Died
- 1985-03-30 （Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan） age 99
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Residence History
- Usuki, Oita → Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo → Kita-Karuizawa
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1907-1985
- Affiliations
- Japan Art Academy, New Japan Literary Society (supporting member)
- Memberships
- Japan Art Academy, New Japan Literary Society (supporting member)
- Influenced By
- Natsume Sōseki, Toyoichiro Nogami
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meiji Women's School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Meiji Women's School
Country:
Japan
Final education
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Member of the Japan Art Academy | — | — | Japan Art Academy | 選出 |
| 1957 | Yomiuri Literary Prize | Meiro (Maze) | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Women's Literary Award | Hideyoshi and Rikyū | — | Chuokoron-Shinsha | 受賞 |
| 1965 | Person of Cultural Merit | — | — | Government of Japan | 表彰 |
| 1971 | Order of Culture | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 1981 | Asahi Prize | — | — | Asahi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Japan Literature Grand Prize | Mori (The Forest) | — | Japan Literature Grand Prize | 受賞（追贈） |
Member of the Japan Art Academy
1948
Organization:
Japan Art Academy
Result:
選出
Yomiuri Literary Prize
1957
Work:
Meiro (Maze)
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Women's Literary Award
1964
Work:
Hideyoshi and Rikyū
Organization:
Chuokoron-Shinsha
Result:
受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
1965
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
表彰
Order of Culture
1971
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Asahi Prize
1981
Organization:
Asahi Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Japan Literature Grand Prize
1986
Work:
Mori (The Forest)
Organization:
Japan Literature Grand Prize
Result:
受賞（追贈）
Awards & Nominations
Women's Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (1964) award
Japan Literary Grand Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 18 (1986) award
Works
Major Works
Kaijinmaru
1922 NovelPublished in 1922. One of Nogami's early representative works focusing on human depiction and social perspective.
character studysociety
Machiko
1928 NovelFirst published in 1928. Part of a series portraying women's lives and conflicts in the 1920s.
women's rolessocial conflict
Meiro (Maze)
1948 Novel (long-form)A multi-volume novel depicting the layered lives of the intelligentsia from wartime to postwar Japan; issued in parts from 1948 onward.
conflicts of the intellectual classwartime responsibility
Travel in Europe and America
1942 TravelogueRecords of travels in Europe and America written while staying abroad with her husband; a travelogue published around 1942–1943.
travel writinghistorical testimony
Hideyoshi and Rikyū
1962 Historical novelA historical novel portraying the conflict between the political figure Hideyoshi and the artistic figure Rikyū (published 1962–1963).
power and artconflict of historical figures
Mori (The Forest)
1985 Novel (unfinished)A late-life work based on materials from her girlhood circle; an unfinished long novel published in 1985.
memoirgirlhood
Bibliography
- Doll's Wish
- A New Life
- Kaijinmaru
- Creation of Man
- Machiko
- Meiro (Maze)
- Travel in Europe and America
- Hideyoshi and Rikyū
- Mori (The Forest)
Adaptations
- Ningen (film)
Translations by Author
- Thomas Bulfinch: The Age of Fable (translation)
- Johanna Spyri: Heidi (translation)
- Selma Lagerlöf: Gösta Berling (translation)
- Sofia Kovalevskaya: Autobiography and Reminiscences (translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismintellectual realism
- Recurring Motifs
- civic sensibilitywomen's rolesconflicts of the intellectual class
Health
-
senility / old age晩年Died of senility in 1985. Continued creative activity until the end of life.
Legacy
One of the representative female writers active from the Meiji period to the end of the Shōwa era. She depicted civic life and the condition of the intelligentsia with realist and critical perspectives and received honors such as the Order of Culture.
Museums
- Yaeko Nogami Literary Memorial Museum Usuki, Oita, Japan Opened in 1986
- Karuizawa Kogen Bunko (study relocated) Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Opened in 1996
Academic Societies
- Japan Art Academy
Archives
- Collected Works of Yaeko Nogami (Iwanami Shoten)
- Materials held at the Yaeko Nogami Literary Memorial Museum
In Popular Culture
- 'Aki no Ichinichi' (Autumn Day) was used in the national university entrance examination (Center Test)
Quotes
-
Be a human being first, before being a woman.
Source: Attributed remark as honorary principal of Hosei University Girls' High School (reported)
Trivia
- Debuted in 1907 with 'En' upon recommendation by Natsume Sōseki.
- Born into the founding family of Fundokin soy sauce.
- Continued writing actively until age 99.