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Satoru Sato

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Sato Satoru

ペンネーム: Satoru Sato（Pen name used for children's literature）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1928-02-13 （Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan）
死没
2017-02-09 88歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Yokosuka (birth to about age 10) → Yokohama (later base for creative activity)

経歴

職業
children's author, writer, editor
活動期間
1946年〜2017年
所属
Member of the Japan Writers' Association
所属団体
Japan Writers' Association
影響を受けた人物
Hans Christian Andersen, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Narehane Goto

学歴

Kanto Gakuin University (formerly Kanto Gakuin Technical School)
Faculty of Engineering / Department of Architecture
期間: 1946-1949
卒業年: 1949
国: Japan
Graduated from the former Kanto Gakuin Technical School

受賞歴

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1959
対象作品: Nobody Knows the Little Country
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 受賞
Hans Christian Andersen Award (national selection)
1959
対象作品: Nobody Knows the Little Country
主催: International Board on Books for Young People (national award)
結果: 受賞
Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award
1960
主催: Japan Children's Literature Association
結果: 受賞
Children's Welfare Culture Award (Ministry of Health and Welfare)
1967
対象作品: Grandmother's Airplane
主催: Ministry of Health and Welfare
結果: 受賞
Noma Children's Literature Award
1967
対象作品: Grandmother's Airplane
主催: Kodansha (Noma Award)
結果: 受賞
Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award
1988
主催: Iwaya Sazanami Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Kanagawa Culture Award
2005
主催: Kanagawa Prefecture
結果: 受賞
Akai Tori (Red Bird) Literary Prize
2007
対象作品: Honcho Kidan: Tengu Doji
主催: Akai Tori Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
ExxonMobil Children's Culture Award
2007
主催: ExxonMobil (sponsoring organization)
結果: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2010
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Children's Culture Merit Award
2015
主催: Relevant organizations
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Nobody Knows the Little Country

1959年 Children's literature / Fantasy

A fantasy depicting interactions between tiny people (Korobokkuru) and children. It became a series and influenced Japanese children's literature.

tiny peoplecoexistence with natureadventure
翻訳
  • Translated into English by Ruth McClellar (1988)

I Want a Big Tree

1971年 Children's literature

A short children's tale about a child's wishes and imagination.

growthwishesnature

Honcho Kidan: Tengu Doji

2006年 Children's literature / Folktale elements

A work drawing on Japanese folktales and traditions; considered one of his notable later works.

folktaletraditionmystery

全著作

  • Nobody Knows the Little Country (1959)
  • A Dog as Small as a Bean (1959)
  • The Little Person Who Fell from a Star (1965)
  • Grandmother's Airplane (1966)
  • I Want a Big Tree (1971)
  • Honcho Kidan: Tengu Doji (2006)

作家による翻訳

  • Ueda Akinari's 'Ugetsu Monogatari' (translated by Sato, 1992)
  • Jules Verne's 'Mysterious Island' (translated by Sato, 1998)

作品の翻訳

  • Ruth McClellar translation: 'Nobody Knows the Little Country' (English, 1988)

作風・主題

文体
Fantasy-oriented children's narrative styleTechnique of inserting realistic situational details into tales
頻出モチーフ
tiny people (Korobokkuru)coexistence with natureadventure and discovery

健康

  • Suspected tuberculosis (youth)
    1945（青年期）
    Resulted in evacuation and changes in living circumstances
  • heart failure
    2017（死去）
    Died of heart failure on 2017-02-09

評価・遺産

Through the Korobokkuru series and other fantasy works, he contributed to establishing fantasy in Japanese children's literature. He received numerous awards and official honors and helped popularize children's literature.

記念館・博物館

  • Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature (Satoru Sato Korobokkuru Exhibition) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

関連学会

  • Japan Writers' Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (works and reference materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Exhibitions and events related to the Korobokkuru series

豆知識

  • Real name: Sato Akira (same reading)
  • His father was a naval officer who died in the Battle of Midway
  • Graduated from Kanto Gakuin (former technical school), worked as an editor before becoming a writer