Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993It was not until Kawabata Yasunari won the 1968 Nobel Prize for literature that the average Western reader became aware of contemporary Japanese literature. A few translations of writings by Japanese women have appeared lately, yet the West remains largely ignorant of this wide field. In this book Sachiko Schierbeck profiles the 104 female winners of prestigious literary prizes in Japan since the beginning of the century. It contains summaries of their selected works, and a bibliography of works translated into Western languages from 1900 to 1993. These works give insight into the minds and hearts of Japanese women and draw a truer picture of the conditions of Japanese community life than any sociological study would present. Schierbeck's 104 biographies constitute a useful reference work not only to students of literature but to anyone with an interest in women's studies, history or sociology. |
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Nogami Yaeko | 18 |
Writers of social protests 1916 to 1930 | 41 |
Writers who explored selffulfillment and female sexuality | 73 |
Hayashi Fumiko | 82 |
Yoshiya Nobuko | 88 |
Okamoto Kanoko | 95 |
Postwar writers who question the tradition 1945 to 1959 | 124 |
Tomioka Taeko 富岡多惠子 | 234 |
Goo Shizuko 鄉静子 | 240 |
Yoshiyuki Rie 吉行理惠 | 247 |
Mukooda Kuniko 向田邦子 | 254 |
Masuda Mizuko 増田みず子 | 260 |
Novelists who rewrite history and tales of heroes since 1950 | 267 |
Popular professional authors 1970s to 1980s | 292 |
New writers since 1989 | 324 |
Experimental writers 1960 to 1970 | 168 |
Writers in the realisticnaturalistic tradition and satirical | 195 |
Writers who explore the human psyche and the sense | 215 |
Takahashi Takako 高橋たか子 | 223 |
22 profiles of additional writers | 340 |
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