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Shizuo Suyama

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Suyama Shizuo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1925-07-22 (Shizuoka, Japan)
死没
2011-07-10 85歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Shizuoka → Yokohama → Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
American literature scholar, translator, novelist, university professor
活動期間
1947年〜2011年
所属
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries — Fisheries Agency (Fishing Vessel Section), Meiji University (Professor), Seigakuin University (Professor)
所属団体
Tsukisuikin (literary circle)
影響を受けた人物
Ichiro Aonuma, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, William Styron

学歴

Shizuoka Prefectural Shizuoka High School
期間: 卒業 1943
卒業年: 1943
国: Japan
Yokohama Technical College
Department of Shipbuilding
期間: 卒業年不明
国: Japan
Graduated from the shipbuilding course before joining the Fisheries Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
University of Michigan
期間: 1952–1953 (留学、約1年間)
国: United States
Studied for about one year on a GARIOA scholarship.
Meiji University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Literature
学位: 学士
期間: 夜間3年編入後卒業(〜1954)
卒業年: 1954
国: Japan
Studied under Ichiro Aonuma; submitted a thesis on Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'.
Meiji University Graduate School
Graduate School of Letters
期間: 進学(詳細不明)
国: Japan

受賞歴

Shincho Newcomer Award (3rd)
1971
主催: Shinchosha
結果: 受賞
America Studies Book Award (1st)
1978
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

1978年 Literary criticism (American Southern literature)

A critical study of contemporary American Southern novels, discussing works by Faulkner and other Southern writers.

American Southern literatureLiterary criticism

1981年 Novel

A novel published by the author.

Human sufferingThe sea

1986年 Essays / Fiction

A publication containing essays and short fiction.

SelfMasculinity

2008年 Autobiographical novel

An autobiographical novel depicting personal loss and anguish, including the deaths of his first wife and his son.

LossGriefAutobiography

2012年 Criticism / Essays

A collection of essays on American literature, translation, and misreadings (possibly posthumous).

TranslationReadingAmerican literature

2013年 Essays / Fiction

A late-period work or posthumous collection.

ReminiscenceTranquility

全著作

作家による翻訳

  • The Life of Thomas Edison (Matthew Josephson, co-translated)
  • Lie Down in Darkness (William Styron)
  • Light in August (William Faulkner)
  • Black and White: The Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley (Bridget Brophy)
  • The Moon Is Down (John Steinbeck)
  • The Long March (William Styron)
  • Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
  • Music School (John Updike)
  • Poorhouse Fair (John Updike)
  • Unknown original (John Knowles)
  • Unknown original (Eudora Welty)
  • The Crisis of Writers: Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Steinbeck (Maxwell Geismar, co-translated)
  • Mark Twain — Animal Stories (edited by Maxwell Geismar)
  • Collected Stories / Plays (Tennessee Williams)
  • Philosophical Considerations on Blue (William H. Gass, co-translated)
  • Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (Herman Melville)

作風・主題

文体
Critical, academic proseClear and analytical exposition
頻出モチーフ
American Southern literatureLoss and griefTranslation and interpretation

評価・遺産

A long-standing contributor to the study, translation, and teaching of American literature in Japan. Through his research and translations of authors such as Faulkner and Melville, he deepened the understanding of American literature in Japan and influenced many students and scholars.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (catalog/authority file)

豆知識

  • Born July 22, 1925; died July 10, 2011 (age 85).
  • Studied at the University of Michigan for about one year from 1952 on a GARIOA scholarship.
  • Studied under Ichiro Aonuma at Meiji University and submitted a thesis on Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'.
  • In 1971 he won the 3rd Shincho Newcomer Award for 'しかして塵は-'.
  • In 1978 he lost his son (Takashi / 隆志) in a traffic accident; this personal tragedy influenced his autobiographical novel '墨染めに咲け' (2008).
  • He translated many major works of American literature into Japanese and contributed to their reception in Japan.