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Kiyoshi Soya

そや きよし

Soya Kiyoshi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1935-07-13 (Nagano Prefecture, Japan)
死没
2008-01-01 (Japan) 72歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nagano Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
children's author, editor
活動期間
1960年〜2008年

学歴

Waseda University
Second Faculty of Letters
国: Japan
Graduated from Waseda University (Second Faculty of Letters), then joined Fukuinkan Shoten

受賞歴

Noma Children's Literature Award
2002
対象作品: The Glass Horse
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner
Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award
2002
対象作品: The Glass Horse
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Glass Horse

2001年 Children's literature

A children's story collection that delicately depicts children's sensibilities and family relationships. Notable for blending reality and imagination.

familyimaginationcoming-of-age

The Boy Who Became a Cat

1988年 Children's literature

The protagonist undergoes a mysterious experience that leads him to rethink himself and others. Illustrated by Yamada Murasaki.

metamorphosisself-discoveryfriendship

The Web Catcher

1984年 Children's fiction

Published in 1984. A short story portraying a child's curiosity through small everyday events.

curiositynatureeveryday life

全著作

  • The Web Catcher
  • Skullland of Hachibuse Mountain
  • Asako's Departure
  • Kaoru's Treasure
  • The Fake Akashiya's Magician
  • Grandma's Sunflower
  • The Boy Who Became a Cat
  • Hacco's Marathon Incident Diary
  • Hacco's Swimming Incident Diary
  • The Glass Horse
  • Bringing an Umbrella to Greet
  • Yamaguni Nursery School
  • Mrs. Ladybug
  • The Leaf House
  • Babysitting by Ayane the Cat
  • Yuki's Oni Defeat
  • Cold, Cold
  • Gorotta the Fox of Mokkuri Mountain
  • The Little Mouse with a Stomachache
  • I Love Pandas
  • A Spell for Sleepy Rabbit
  • Mogu the Squirrel Who Wants to Grow
  • Ruru's Birthday
  • Kasumi's Acorn
  • Little Chick

作風・主題

文体
gentle narrative voicedepiction from a child's perspectivepoetic and symbolic expression
頻出モチーフ
animalsfamily bondsintersection of imagination and reality

評価・遺産

Kiyoshi Soya, formerly an editor at Fukuinkan Shoten, produced numerous works in children's literature and picture books. He received major children's literature awards in 2002 for 'The Glass Horse' and is regarded as an important author in the field.

豆知識

  • His wife is picture-book artist Akiko Hayashi.
  • He graduated from Waseda University (Second Faculty of Letters).
  • He joined Fukuinkan Shoten and worked on editing the children's magazine 'Kodomo no Tomo'.
  • In 2002 he won the Noma Children's Literature Award and the Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award for 'The Glass Horse'.