Rie Yoshiyuki

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Rie Yoshiyuki
Native name
吉行 理恵
Born(1939-07-08)July 8, 1939
Tokyo, Japan
DiedMay 4, 2006(2006-05-04) (aged 66)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • Yume no naka de
  • Mahōtsukai no Kushan Neko
  • Chisana Kifujin
  • Kiiroi Neko
Notable awards
Relatives

Rie Yoshiyuki (吉行 理恵, Yoshiyuki Rie, July 8, 1939 – May 4, 2006) was a Japanese poet and novelist.[1] She won the Noma Literary Children's Literature New Face Prize, the Women's Literature Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Her father was the author Eisuke Yoshiyuki. Her mother was Aguri Yoshiyuki, a beauty shop owner whose autobiography was adapted into an NHK television series.[2] Her older brother Junnosuke was also a novelist and her older sister Kazuko is an actress. She graduated from the department of literature at Waseda University in 1961.[1]

Career[]

Yoshiyuki's first poetry collection was published in 1963, titled Aoi Heya (青い部屋, Blue Room). She won the Tamura Toshiko Prize for another collection, Yume no Naka de (夢の中で, In a Dream), which was published in 1967.[1]

Her children's novel Mahōtsukai no Kushan Neko (まほうつかいのくしゃんねこ, Sneezing Cat, a Magician) was published in 1970 and won the 9th Noma Literary Children's Literature New Face Prize.[3][1] In 1981 she won the Akutagawa Prize for Chisana Kifujin (小さな貴婦人, Little Lady).[4] In 1989 she won the Women's Literature Prize for Kiiroi Neko (黄色い猫, Yellow Cat).[5]

Yoshiyuki died in Tokyo on May 4, 2006 of thyroid cancer.[6]

Recognition[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sachiko Shibata Schierbeck; Marlene R. Edelstein (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-87-7289-268-9.
  2. ^ "Pioneering beautician Aguri Yoshiyuki dies at 107". The Japan Times. August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "野間児童文芸新人賞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "芥川賞受賞者一覧". 日本文学振興会 (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "女流文学賞受賞作品一覧". Chuokoron-Shinsha. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "吉行理恵さん死去／芥川賞作家、詩人". Shikoku News (in Japanese). May 8, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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