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Masako Shimizu

しみず まさこ

Shimizu Masako

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1941-05-27 (Korea)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan

経歴

職業
translator, children's literature scholar, university lecturer
活動期間
1968年〜
所属
Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College (Professor Emerita)
影響を受けた人物
Momoko Ishii, Ursula K. Le Guin (subject of translation)

学歴

Shizuoka Prefectural Kakegawa Nishi High School
期間: 1957-1960
卒業年: 1960
国: Japan
Shizuoka University
Faculty of Education / Department of Education
期間: 1960-1964
卒業年: 1964
国: Japan

受賞歴

Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Prize
1981
対象作品: Until the Day Breaks (translation of Maia Wojciechowska)
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: winner
Japan Children's Literature Association Prize
1993
対象作品: The Gaze of Children's Books
主催: Japan Children's Literature Association
結果: winner
Japan Translation Culture Award
2004
対象作品: Earthsea (complete 6 volumes; translations of Ursula K. Le Guin)
主催: Japan Translation Culture Foundation
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Present State of Children's Books

1984年 children's literature criticism

A collection of essays on Japanese children's literature and translation, discussing the state of children's books and approaches to translation.

children's literaturetranslationeducation

The Gaze of Children's Books

1992年 criticism

Examines perspectives for reading children's books and their social significance.

reading educationviews of childhood

A Wizard of Earthsea (translation)

1968年 Fantasy (children's/young adult)

Japanese translation of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, the first book in the Earthsea series.

coming of ageself-discoverymagic
映像化・舞台化
  • [film/TV]
翻訳
  • A Wizard of Earthsea (1976 translation)

全著作

  • The Present State of Children's Books (1984)
  • The Gaze of Children's Books (1992)
  • How to Write Happiness (1992)
  • Earthsea (complete 6 volumes; translations)

作品の翻訳

  • A Wizard of Earthsea (translation)
  • The Tombs of Atuan (translation)
  • The Farthest Shore (translation)

作風・主題

文体
accessible, plain-language translation suited to children's literaturestructural and pedagogical perspective in criticism
頻出モチーフ
growth and independencechild's perspectivehappiness and setbacks

評価・遺産

A scholar and translator who made significant contributions to children's literature translation and studies in Japan, notably helping establish Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series in Japanese readership.

関連学会

  • Japan Children's Literature Association

豆知識

  • Her husband is science and technology journalist Junichi Suganuma.
  • Appeared on NHK program 'Kokoro no Jidai' (broadcast in 2024).