Michiko Yamamoto
{{short description|Japanese writer and poet}}
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| native_name = 古屋道子
| pseudonym = 山本道子
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1936}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
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| occupation = Writer
| language = Japanese
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| nationality = Japanese
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- "Mahō"
- "Betei-san no niwa"
- Mofuku no ko
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- Shincho Prize for New Writers
- Akutagawa Prize
- Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature
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{{Nihongo|Michiko Yamamoto|山本道子|Yamamoto Michiko|extra=born 4 December 1936}} is the professional name of {{nihongo|Michiko Furuya|古屋道子|Furuya Michiko}}, a Japanese writer and poet. Yamamoto has won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature.
Biography
Yamamoto was born in Nakano, Tokyo and graduated from Atomi University in 1957.{{cite book|title=Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook|editor-last=Mulhern|editor-first=Chieko Irie|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=1994|isbn=9780313254864}} Her first three short stories, "Mahō," "Ame no Isu," and "Betei-san no Niwa" appeared in Shinchō magazine in March, July and November 1972 editions, respectively. "Rōjin no Kamo" was published August 1972 in the magazine Fūkei. These four stories were based on her experience living in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, where she had accompanied her husband in 1967.{{cite book|title=The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater|last=Miller|first=J. Scott|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2010|isbn=9780810876156}} They later appeared in a collective issue. “Betty-san” became the title story for the English version, which was translated by Geraldine Harcourt and published in 1984 by Kodansha.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/01/books/exile-and-detention.html|title=Exile and Detention|work=The New York Times|last=Domini|first=John|date=January 1, 1984|access-date=July 10, 2018}}
She lives in Kamakura, Kanagawa with her husband. The couple has two grown daughters.
Literary awards
- 1972 4th Shinchō Prize for New Writers for Mahō (Powers){{cite web|url=http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/prizes/shinjinsho/archive.html|language=japanese|title=新潮新人賞 過去の受賞作品|publisher=Shinchosha|access-date=July 10, 2018}}
- 1972 68th Akutagawa Prize for Betei-san no Niwa (Betty’s Garden){{cite web|url=http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/akutagawa/list.html|language=japanese|title=芥川賞受賞者一覧|publisher=日本文学振興会|access-date=July 10, 2018}}
- 1993 21st Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature{{cite web|url=https://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/11020/bungaku/kyouka/index.html|language=japanese|title=泉鏡花文学賞|publisher=City of Kanagawa|access-date=July 10, 2018}}
Bibliography
- Mahō (Powers)
- Ame no Isu (Chair in the Rain)
- Betei-san no Niwa (Betty-san)(1973), title story of four short stories
- Rōjin no Kamo (Father Gooze)
- Razō (1974), short stories
- Nichiyōbi no Kasa (1976), poetry
- Yamamoto Michiko Shishū (1976), poetry
- Tenshi yo Umi ni mae (1981), novel
- Umi no Satō-kibi (1982), short stories
- Birejji no Ame (1982), short stories
References
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{{Akutagawa Prize winners}}
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Category:People from Nakano, Tokyo