Kyoko Hayashi
Kyōko Hayashi (林 京子, Hayashi Kyōko, 28 August 1930 – 19 February 2017) was a Japanese writer
Biography
Hayashi was born in
In 1967, her story Procession on a Cloudy Day (Kumoribi no kōshin) was published in Bungei Shuto.[5] She first drew wide attention in 1975 with an autobiographical story about the bombing, Ritual of Death (Matsuri no ba), which received that year's Akutagawa Prize.[3][4] Two Grave Markers (Futari No Bohyō), also based on her experiences in the bombing, was published that same year. Her works in the 1970s include a collection of twelve short stories titled Giyaman bīdoro ("Cut glass, blown glass"), containing The Empty Can (Aki kan) and Yellow Sand (Kousa), both first published in 1978.[4]
In 1980, Hayashi published her first full-length novel, Naki ga gotoki ("As if nothing had happened"), with a semi-autobiographical lead character. The Nagasaki theme continued through the 1980s with her collections Sangai no ie ("Home in the three worlds"), which won the Kawabata Prize,[2] and Michi ("The Path"). Her work Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae won the 1990 Tanizaki Prize.[6] Hayashi lived near Washington, D.C. from 1985 to 1988.[citation needed]
Selected works
- Matsuri no ba (Ritual of death), Tokyo: Kodansha, 1975.
- Shanhai, Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1983.
- Sangai no ie (三界の家), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1984.
- Michi (道), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunju, 1985.
- Tanima (谷間), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1988.
- Rinbu (輪舞), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1989.
- Yasuraka ni ima wa nemuritamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1990.
- Seishun (青春), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1994.
- Bājinia no aoi sora (ヴァージニアの蒼い空), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Matsuri no ba. Giyaman bīdoro (祭の場. ギヤマン ビードロ), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Missheru no kuchibeni (ミッシェルの口紅. 上海), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Nagai jikan o kaketa ningen no keiken (長い時間をかけた人間の経験), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Rinbu. Kashi no ki no tēburu (輪舞. 樫の木のテーブル), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Sangai no ie. Michi (三界の家. 道), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Shizen o kou. Shunkan no kioku (自然を恋う. 瞬間の記憶), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
- Yasuraka ni ima wa nemuritamae. Seishun (やすらかに今はねむり給え. 青春), Tōkyō : Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005.
Awards
- 1975 Akutagawa Prize for Ritual of Death (Matsuri no ba)
- 1983 Kawabata Prize for Sangai no ie ("Home in the three worlds")
- 1990 Tanizaki Prize for Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え)
- 2000 Noma Literary Prize for Nagai zikan o kaketa ningen no keiken
- 2005 Asahi Prize for 林京子全集
Selected works in English translation
- The Empty Can, trans. Margaret Mitsutani, in Atomic Aftermath: Short Stories about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ed. Kenzaburo Oe. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1984; Fire from the Ashes: Japanese Stories about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, London: Readers International, 1985; The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath, New York: Grove Press, 1985. pp. 127–143.
- From Trinity to Trinity, trans. Eiko Otake, Station Hill, NY: Station Hill Press, 2010.
- Procession on a Cloudy Day, trans. Hirosuke Kashiwagi, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 25.1 (1993), pp. 58–69.
- Ritual of Death, trans. Kyoko Selden, Japan Interpreter 12 Winter(1978, pp. 54–93. Anthologized in Nuke Rebuke: Writers and Artists against Nuclear Energy and Weapons, ed. Marty Sklar, Iowa City: The Spirit That Moves Us Press, 1984. pp. 21–57.
- Two Grave Markers, trans. Kyoko Selden, The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 18.1 January–March (1986): pp. 23–35. Anthologized in The Atomic Bomb Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, eds. Kyoko and Mark Selden, An East Gate Book, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1989. pp. 24–54.
- Yellow Sand, trans. Kyoko Selden, in Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction, 1991. pp. 207–216.
References
- ^ "Obituary / Kyoko Hayashi / Novelist". The Japan News. 2 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "林京子 (Hayashi Kyōko)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Ōe, Kenzaburō, ed. (1985). The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath. New York: Grove Press.
- ^ a b c d Kyoko and Mark Selden, ed. (1989). The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 248.
- ISBN 9780873324502.
- ^ "Southeast Review of Asian Studies". 27. Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. 2006.
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External links
- Kyoko Hayashi at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
- Synopsis of Human Experience over Time (Nagai jikan o kaketa ningen no keiken) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)