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Mitsuo Yokoyama

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Yokoyama Mitsuo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1953-02-19 （Hirata (now Hirata, Sukumo), Hata District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nakamura (now Shimanto City), Kochi Prefecture, Japan → Kyoto, Japan (worked) → Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan (sanatorium) → Osaka (worked at Minoh Jiyu Gakuen) → Osaka (Meika Women's University, faculty)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Children's writer, University professor, Japanese language teacher
活動期間
1991年〜
所属
Meika Women's University (former professor/associate professor), Tokai Gakuen University (professor), Minoh Jiyu Gakuen (former Japanese language teacher)
所属団体
Japan Association of Children's Writers, Japan Writers' Association, Member/founder of the literary magazine 'Pleiades'
影響を受けた人物
Kenji Miyazawa

学歴

Ritsumeikan University
Faculty of Letters / Faculty of Letters
期間: 1974-1978
卒業年: 1978
国: Japan
Member of the children's literature study group while at university

受賞歴

Yamanashi Literature Prize
1994
対象作品: Homecoming
主催: Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun
結果: winner
Children's Literature Newcomer Award
1994
対象作品: The Boy's Sea
主催: Children's Literature Society (organizer)
結果: winner
Japan Association of Children's Writers Award
2000
対象作品: Shimanto River Story: We're Shining!
主催: Japan Association of Children's Writers
結果: winner
Children's PEN Award (Grand Prize)
2020
対象作品: Becoming a Father to All: The Story of Onjiro Satake
主催: Children's PEN Award Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Signals in the Starry Sky

1991年 Children's literature

Debut work composed of short stories with a fairy-tale tone.

coming of ageimagination

The Boy's Sea

1993年 Children's literature

A story of a boy's growth set by the sea.

seafriendshipcoming of age

Homecoming

1994年 Children's literature

Based on the author's return to his hometown and childhood memories; material that later formed the Shimanto River trilogy.

hometownrecollectionnature

Shimanto River Story: We're Shining!

1999年 Children's literature

A children's story set on the Shimanto River, part of a regional/nature series.

naturelocal communityfriendship

Spirit of Water (Vol. I–IV)

2002年 Fantasy

A fantasy series with light-novel elements.

adventurespiritsgrowth

Onini Tesoro (The Demon Trilogy)

2007年 Fantasy

A children's fantasy series drawing on yokai and folklore.

yokaifolkloreadventure

Becoming a Father to All: The Story of Onjiro Satake

2020年 Biographical children's literature

A story about Onjiro Satake; recipient of the Children's PEN Award grand prize.

biographyeducationfamily

全著作

  • Signals in the Starry Sky (1991)
  • The Boy's Sea (1993)
  • Homecoming (1994)
  • We're Shining! ― Shimanto River Story (1999)
  • We're a Movie Boys' Club (2001)
  • Spirit of Water (2002–2004)
  • Onini Tesoro (2007–2009)
  • Genro Shiniki (2008)
  • Becoming a Father to All: The Story of Onjiro Satake (2020)

作風・主題

文体
lyrical prose that values childhood sensibilitiesrich natural descriptions and a strong sense of local setting
頻出モチーフ
hometown / returnrivers (Shimanto River)children's friendship and coming-of-agespirits, yokai and folklore

健康

  • pulmonary tuberculosis
    十代後半〜二十代前半（療養期間約1年半）
    During sanatorium treatment he encountered literature (Kenji Miyazawa), which inspired him to become a writer
  • obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD)
    勤務中（国語教諭時代）
    Prompted self-reflection and contributed to his renewed focus on writing children's stories

評価・遺産

He left a body of work that moves between children's literature and fantasy, often drawing on his hometown's nature (notably the Shimanto River) and childhood experiences. He also contributed to training younger writers as an educator.

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Children's Writers
  • Japan Writers' Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holding data)

豆知識

  • He encountered Kenji Miyazawa's works while undergoing treatment, which inspired him to become a writer.
  • He founded the literary magazine 'Pleiades', supporting the activities of young writers.