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第46回（2018年） award
Yuko Yamao
やまお ゆうこ
Yamao Yūko
ペンネーム:
Yuko Yamao（Pen name (real name not publicly disclosed)）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1955-03-25 （Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tsukubo District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (as of 2018) → Okayama City (birthplace, childhood)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Fantasy/Speculative fiction writer, Tanka poet
- 活動期間
- 1975年〜
- 所属
- Japan Writers' Association
- 所属団体
- Japan Writers' Association, Japan SF Writers Club (was a member; not listed in membership as of 2020)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, Kunio Tsukamoto, Mutsuo Takahashi, C. S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doshisha University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | — | — | Japan |
Doshisha University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
国:
Japan
Began publishing works while at university (debut around 1975)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize | Flying Peacock | — | Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize Committee | Winner |
| 2019 | Japan SF Award | Flying Peacock | — | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (organization) | Winner |
| 2019 | Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) - Literature | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan) | Winner |
Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize
2018
対象作品:
Flying Peacock
主催:
Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize Committee
結果:
Winner
Japan SF Award
2019
対象作品:
Flying Peacock
主催:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (organization)
結果:
Winner
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) - Literature
2019
主催:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
Nihon SF Grand Prize
1回登壇
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第39回（2018年） award
作品
代表作
The City Where Dreams Dwell
1978年 Fantasy / Speculative fictionA collection of short and medium-length stories set in a poetic, surreal city. The works present symbolic, allegorical incidents in meticulously constructed fantastical settings.
decayruinallegoryotherworlds
Kamen Monogatari (or Records of the Mirror Kingdom)
1980年 Novel (fantasy)A full-length novel using motifs of masks and mirrors to develop otherworldly allegory.
mirrorstransformationidentity
Flying Peacock
2018年 Novel / FantasyA novel published in 2018 that demonstrates Yamao's mature post-return style, a fantastical tale combining ruin and beauty.
ruin and beautyallegorical landscapescollapse
全著作
- The City Where Dreams Dwell (1978)
- Kamen Monogatari (1980)
- Sugar Cube Days (tanka collection, 1982)
- Collected Works of Yuko Yamao (2000)
- Distorted Pearl (2010)
- Lapis Lazuli (2003)
- Flying Peacock (2018)
- Mountain Mermaid and the Hollow King (2021)
作家による翻訳
- White Fruit (by Jeffrey Ford), translated with Mizuhito Kanbara and Akemi Tanigaki (Kokusho Kankokai, 2004)
作風・主題
- 文体
- cool, poetic prosemeticulously constructed fantastical worldshighly symbolic depictions
- 頻出モチーフ
- decay / collapsemirrors and masksallegorical landscapespainterly imagery
評価・遺産
Regarded as a writer who constructs unique fantastical worlds through language. After a period of relative silence she returned and was reappraised, winning major prizes such as the Izumi Kyōka Prize and the Japan SF Award.
関連学会
- Japan Writers' Association
引用
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I wondered whether my novels were out of place in SF; I sometimes thought I might have been better off starting from modern poetry.
出典: Interview by Masao Azuma in Fantasia Literature 58 (2000) (2000年)
豆知識
- Real name not publicly disclosed (reportedly revealed once in the past)
- Debuted around 1975 (about age 20)
- Had a long publishing hiatus after 1985 and resumed writing in 1999
- Participated in translation work (Jeffrey Ford's White Fruit, 2004)