Makiko Mori
Makiko Mori (森 万紀子, December 19, 1934 – before November 17, 1992) was a Japanese novelist. She won the 1980 Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature for her book Yuki Onna (雪女). Her real name was Eiko Matsuura.[1]
Early life and education change
Mori was born on 19 December 1934 in Sakata, Japan.[1] She was the second child of three children.[2] Her father was a physician. When she was six years old, her father died. Mori began suffering from rheumatism when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Sakata Higashi High School in 1953. When she was 19 years old, her mother died.[3] Mori left home after her mother's death. She moved to Kobe and then Tokyo.[2] She began reading a lot. She loves to read the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, Kōbō Abe and Yutaka Haniya.[3]
Career change
Mori made her debut as a writer in 1965 with the novel Tandokusha (単独者). Her novel won the Bungakukai New Writer's Award and was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.[4] Several of her other books were also nominated for this award, such as Kyori (距離) in 1965, Mitsuyaku (密約) in 1969, and Kiiroi Shōfu (黄色い娼婦) in 1971.[4] Three of her works were nominated for the Women's Literature Award.[4] Her book Yuki Onna (雪女) won the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature in 1980.[4]
Mori lived a solitary life. Her death was discovered on 17 November 1992. Throughout her career she wrote nine books.[2] later wrote a book about her life that was called "Yuki Onna" Densetsu Nazo no Sakka Mori Makiko (「雪女」伝説 謎の作家・森万紀子).[5]
Style change
Mori's style was known for her isolated female character who live depressing (sad) lives. They are often emotional and wander with little sense of identity. Many of her works are about isolation and end with death.[3]
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "森 万紀子とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Herlands, Jason. "high胎動 : 森万紀子の「黄色い娼婦]」" (PDF). 立命館言語文学研究. 19 (3): 139–157.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 978-87-7289-268-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "森万紀子（もり まきこ）-芥川賞候補作家｜芥川賞のすべて・のようなもの". prizesworld.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ Takahashi, Mitsuko (1995). "Yukionna" densetsu : nazo no sakka Mori Makiko. Tōkyō: Ushio Shuppansha. ISBN 4-267-01396-9. OCLC 793224718.
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