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With the economic downturn of the early 1990s, Tsutsui's focus shifted from business to literature. His poetry collection "Ultramarine, My Whisper" (1992) won the Takami Prize, followed by the novel "Rainbow on the Cape" (1994), which explored the complexities of human nature.
In this memoir, corporate leader and literary figure Tsutsumi Seiji (who adopted the pen name Tsujii Takashi) offers an account of his life. The memoirist is the eldest son of Tsutsumi Yasujirō (1889–1964), who founded Seibu Railway and went on to be the speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives.
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In recent years, the popularity of translated Japanese works has skyrocketed. In 2020, Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs, translated by ˆMonkey contributors Sam Bett and David Boyd, was released to international success; Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, her second translated novel after her bestselling Convenience Store Woman, was reviewed favorably by...
April 2022 will see two books published under a new highly anticipated Monkey imprint with Stone Bridge Press in California. If you can’t wait till then, get your fix of fresh bananas with the new Monkeytravel-themed volume coming out later this year. “As we emerge from the pandemic, we’re all longing to travel. And as with the Food Issue, we are r...
Shibata expresses it best: “Read Monkey! Shout: ‘Here are some good bananas!’ ” For aspiring translators, Shibata recommends reading the 365-word story “The Inadequacy of Translation”by Scottish writer James Robertson, which he describes as “a perfect parable about translation.” Goossen recommends “any translation by Jay Rubin or Michael Emmerich (...
This list contains my reading recommendations for contemporary Japanese fiction in translation. I chose these books for the beauty and depth of their writing, the quality of their translation, and their thematic relevance to broader social and historical currents.
Timeline of modern Japanese literature. The following table includes the major works of modern Japanese literature mentioned in study aids for Japanese high school students, with the addition of several others of interest to the Western reader.
Aug 21, 2020 · Modern Japanese literature is particularly vast in its scope, style, and themes. More and more is being translated into English and there are new independent publishing houses dedicated to bringing new and obscure Japanese literature to Western audiences.
Sep 14, 2023 · 1. Junichiro Tanizaki. One of pre- and post-war Japan’s most adored authors, Tanizaki sits comfortably in the literary pantheon alongside Natsume Soseki, Yasunari Kawabata, Kenzaburo Oe, and Yukio Mishima. He began writing long before the Second World War erupted and produced his most famous work – The Makioka Sisters – during the early 1940s.
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