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Setsuo Yazaki

やざき せつお

Yazaki Setsuo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-05-05 (Bunkyo, Tokyo (near Korakuen Stadium))
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
children's literature author, poet, translator, editor, editor/compiler
活動期間
1970年〜
影響を受けた人物
Misuzu Kaneko, Yoshimi Sato, Junichi Yoda (editor, an influence via anthology)

学歴

Waseda University
期間: 1960s-1970
卒業年: 1970
国: Japan
Worked for magazines/publishers and published while a student

受賞歴

Jidō Bungei Newcomer Award
1975
対象作品: The Twenty-Seventh Box
主催: Children's Literature Organization
結果: 受賞
Akai Tori Literary Prize
1982
対象作品: Under Stars and Sky
主催: Akai Tori Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Special Prize of the Japanese Society for Children's Literature
1984
対象作品: Compilation of Misuzu Kaneko's Complete Works
主催: Japanese Society for Children's Literature
結果: 受賞(特別賞)
Japanese Society for Children's Literature Award
1993
対象作品: The Life of Children's Song Poet Misuzu Kaneko
主催: Japanese Society for Children's Literature
結果: 受賞
Japan Doyo (Children's Song) Award - Special Prize
1994
主催: Japan Children's Songs Association
結果: 受賞(特別賞)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Twenty-Seventh Box

1975年 children's literature

A children's short story exploring imagination and emotional growth.

imaginationgrowthfriendship

Under Stars and Sky

1981年 fairy tale / children's literature

A lyrical collection of stories for children set against nature and the cosmos.

naturethe cosmoskindness

The Life of Children's Song Poet Misuzu Kaneko

1993年 biography / research

A biography and study of Misuzu Kaneko, documenting the discovery, compilation and significance of her complete works.

children's song researchbiographycultural preservation

全著作

  • The Twenty-Seventh Box (1975)
  • Rain Is Rain (1976)
  • Under Stars and Sky (1981)
  • The Life of Children's Song Poet Misuzu Kaneko (1993)
  • Toward the Bright Side: Misuzu Kaneko Children's Songs (ed., 1995)
  • Misuzu Cosmos (1996)

作家による翻訳

  • Student Nurse Sue (translation, 1975)
  • White Fang (translation, 1977)
  • Rose's Happiness (translation, 1976)

作風・主題

文体
concise and gentle dictionlyrical, songlike phrasingchild-oriented narration
頻出モチーフ
nature (sky, stars, forest)animalskindness and empathychild's perspective

評価・遺産

Contributed significantly to children's literature and the study of children's songs; notably rediscovered and compiled the works of Misuzu Kaneko, helping to re-evaluate prewar children's song culture. Serves as director of the Misuzu Kaneko Memorial Museum and continues cultural preservation activities.

記念館・博物館

  • Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum (director) Senzaki, Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

関連学会

  • Japanese Society for Children's Literature

資料所蔵先

  • Materials held by JULA Publishing
  • Collections at the Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum

引用

  • When I encountered Misuzu's poems, something inside me began to move.
    出典: The Life of Children's Song Poet Misuzu Kaneko (1993年)

豆知識

  • Encountered Misuzu Kaneko's poem "The Big Catch" while at university and later discovered and compiled her complete works.
  • Has served as director of the Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum since 2003.
  • Published children's songs in the poetry magazine 'Piano and Pen'.