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Tazu Sasaki

ささき たづ

Sasaki Tazu

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1932-06-28 （Tokyo, Japan）
死没
1998-04-03 65歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Tokyo, Japan (birthplace) → Yokohama, Japan (training school) → Seijo, Tokyo, Japan (residence) → London, United Kingdom (training) → Kent, England, United Kingdom → Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

経歴

職業
Children's literature author
活動期間
1956年〜1998年
影響を受けた人物
Kodō Nomura, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Jōji Tsubota

学歴

Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School
期間: 在学中に中退（1950年前後）
国: Japan
Left school after losing sight
Yokohama Training School for the Blind
期間: 1953–1954（目の不自由な子どものための施設での訓練）
卒業年: 1954
国: Japan
Learned braille, typing and English after losing sight

受賞歴

Minister of Health and Welfare Children's Welfare Culture Award
1959
対象作品: The Hill of the White Hat
主催: Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan)
結果: 受賞
Japan Essayists' Club Award
1965
対象作品: Roberta — Come, Let's Walk
主催: Japan Essayists' Club
結果: 受賞
Noma Children's Literature Recommended Work Prize
1969
対象作品: I Wrote a Diary
主催: Noma Children's Literature Award Committee
結果: 受賞（推奨作品賞）
Andersen Award Special Merit (International Year of the Child recognition)
1979
対象作品: Roberta — Come, Let's Walk
主催: International Year of the Child / Andersen Award committee
結果: 受賞（特別優良作品賞）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Hill of the White Hat

1958年 Children's short stories

A self-published collection of children's tales featuring warm short stories told from children's perspectives.

Growing upFriendshipNature

Roberta — Come, Let's Walk

1964年 Essay / Children's literature-related

An essay recounting the author's encounter and life with her guide dog Roberta, describing her blindness and daily life with the dog.

IndependenceGuide dogHope

I Wrote a Diary

1969年 Children's literature (diary form)

Written in the form of a diary by the guide dog Roberta; based on experiences including study abroad.

Animal perspectiveCross-cultural experiencesCooperation

全著作

  • The Hill of the White Hat
  • The Burning Island
  • The Boy and the Young Raccoon
  • Roberta — Come, Let's Walk
  • I Wrote a Diary
  • Next Year Will Be a Good Year
  • Mochiyaku Smoke and the Jizo
  • The Story of the Little White Rabbit Mashiro
  • The Little Rascal's God
  • The Good-Eared Pony
  • The Golden Thread and the Rainbow
  • Children's Life Songs
  • Kiyo-chan's Magic
  • Spring Errand
  • The Golden Thread: Japanese Stories for Children (translated)

作品の翻訳

  • The Golden Thread: Japanese Stories for Children (translated by Fanny Hagin Mayer, Charles E. Tuttle, 1968)

作風・主題

文体
Simple, warm narrative toneNarration from a child's perspectiveEmotionally rich short stories
頻出モチーフ
Bond between guide dog and humanGrowth and independenceConnection with nature

健康

  • Blindness (glaucoma and related conditions)
    1950–1998（1950年に片目を失明、1953年に両目を失明）
    Caused her to leave high school and change life course; she learned braille, typing and English and turned to writing.

評価・遺産

Despite visual impairment, she produced many works in children's literature and became widely known for writings about life with a guide dog. She was recognized within the children's literature community and received awards domestically and internationally.

関連学会

  • Mentioned in contexts of the Japanese Association of Children's Literature

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings and bibliographic records at the National Diet Library

豆知識

  • Lost sight in one eye at 18 and later became completely blind.
  • Her self-published debut 'The Hill of the White Hat' attracted attention and won the Minister of Health and Welfare Children's Welfare Culture Award.
  • Her book about her guide dog Roberta, 'Roberta — Come, Let's Walk', won the Japan Essayists' Club Award.