Ayako Sono
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Ayako Sono | |
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 Ayako Sono in 1956 | |
| Born | Chizuko Machida September 17, 1931 Katsushika, Tokyo,Japan |
| Education | University of the Sacred Heart |
| Notable works | Tamayura(たまゆら) Enrai no kyaku tachi( ở xa tới の khách たち) |
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Ayako Sono(Tằng dã lĩnh,Sono Ayako,born September 17, 1931)is a Japanese writer.
Sono is considered to be aconservative.She was considered to be an advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. She has drawn controversy for advocating for a system similar to South Africa's apartheid for Japan's immigrants.[1][2][3]She has also advocated for women to quit their jobs after becoming pregnant.[4]
Biography
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Sono was born in 1931.[5]She went to the CatholicSacred HeartSchool in Tokyo after elementary school.[5]
DuringWorld War II,she evacuated toKanazawa.After writing for thefanzinesLa ManchaandShin-Shicho( tân trào lưu tư tưởng: "New Thought" ),[6]she was recommended byMasao Yamakawa,an established critic at the time, toMita Bungaku,for which she wroteEnrai No Kyaku Tachi( ở xa tới の khách たち: "Visitors from Afar" ), one of the shortlisted stories for theAkutagawa Prizein 1954.[5]In 1953, she marriedShumon Miura,one of the members of Shin-Shicho.[5]
The naming ofThe Bas Bleu Era( tài nữ thời đại: Saijo-Jidai) by the writer and criticYoshimi Usuidescribed the prosperous activities of female writers including Sono and Sawako Ariyoshi—one of her contemporaries who had published many reputable books that are still being read.
In the history of Japanese literature, Sono belongs to the category of "the Third Generation"together withShūsaku Endō,Shōtarō Yasuoka,Junnosuke Yoshiyuki,Nobuo Kojima,Junzo Shono,Keitaro Kondo,Hiroyuki Agawa,Shumon Miura,Tan Onuma,andToshio Shimao.
She was awarded thePro Ecclesia et Pontificein 1979.[7]She founded anNGOnamed “Kaigai-senkyosha-katsudo-enjo-koenkai” (JOMAS: Japan Overseas Missionaries Assistance Society) to help Japanese missionaries devoting their lifetime in foreign countries.[8]
In 2000, she welcomedAlberto Fujimori,ex-President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, to stay at her house after his exile.
She has been selected as aPerson of Cultural Meritsin 2003, following her husband's honor in 1999.
After the death ofRyoichi Sasakawa,one of the biggestrightistleaders, Sono took over his position as the head of theNippon Foundation,whose funds come from 3 percent of the profits of theboat racesall over Japan. As the chairperson, she had focused onwelfareand assistance of undeveloped countries, until 30 June 2005, when her term of office finally expired after nine and a half years. The position of the foundation chairman was taken over byYohei Sasakawa.
She was nominated as director of the Japan Post Holding Co.'s board byShizuka Kamei,minister in charge of postal reform, in October 2009.
She was appointed to one of 15 members of an education reform panel in January 2013, a position from which she resigned in October of that year.[1][9]
Sono drew criticism for a column she wrote in the Japanesefar-rightSankei Shimbunnewspaper in February 2015, in which she held South Africa'sapartheidas an example of how Japan should handle immigration.[1][2][3]She stated that while she was "supportive" of the "need to bring in immigrants to ease the shortage of workers to care for Japan's ballooning elderly population", she also advocated non-Asian immigrants such aswhitesandblacksto Japan be separated from the general population and made to live in special zones amongst themselves.[10][11]
Works
[edit]Novels
[edit]Her major novels include
- Tamayura(たまゆら: Transience), which portrays the nihilistic daily life of man and woman
- Satōgashi ga Kowareru Toki( đường cát quả tử が壊れるとき: When a Sweetmeat Breaks), modeled onMarilyn Monroeand made into a film starring Ayako Wakao[12]
- Mumeihi( vô danh bia: A Nameless Monument), featuring the construction sites of the Tagokura Dam and theAsian Highway
- Kizu-tsuita-ashi( thương ついた vĩ: Bruised Reed), which describes in a most dry style a life of a Catholic father
- Kyokō-no-ie( hư cấu の gia: The House of Fiction), a bestseller depictingdomestic violence
- Tarō-Monogatari( quá lang vật ngữ: Taro Story), which features her son Taro as the protagonist
- Kami-No-Yogoreta-Te( thần の ô れた tay: The Soiled Hands of the god, translated into English asThe Watcher from the Shore(ISBN0-87011-938-9)), on the theme abortion and dignity of life problems, with a gynecologist as the protagonist
- Tenjō-no-ao( bầu trời の thanh: Heavenly Blue, translated into English asNo Reason for Murder(ISBN4-925080-63-6), a crime novel based on real serial murder and rape cases by a man namedKiyoshi Ōkubo,which tries to describe the extremity of love
- Kyō-ō-Herode( cuồng vương ヘロデ: Herod the Mad), which portrays the half life ofHerod the Great,who is notorious for theMassacre of the Innocents,through the eye of a mute lute player called "Ana" (hole).
- Aika( ai ca: Lamentations), a record of the dramatic experience of a nun Haruna, who encountered theRwandaGenocide.
- Kiseki( kỳ tích: Miracles, translated into English asMiracles: A Novel(ISBN1-93738-588-4)), a work of travel fiction set in Poland and Italy in pursuit of the miracles ascribed toSt. Maximilian Kolbe
Short stories
[edit]- Nagai-kurai-fuyu( trường い ám い đông: Long, Dark Winter), which is known as a masterpiece and anthologized often
- Rakuyō-no-koe( lá rụng の thanh: The Voice of Falling Leaves), which describes the end of FatherMaximilian Kolbe
- Tadami-gawa( chỉ thấy xuyên: The River Tadami), which sings of a love torn apart byWorld War II
Essays
[edit]- The two million bestsellerDare-no-tame-ni-aisuruka?( ai の ために ái するか: For Whom Do You Love?)
- Kairō-roku( giới lão lục: A note of Admonition to the Old) on the way how we behave in old age
- II-hito-o-yameruto-raku-ni-naru( “いい người” をやめると lặc になる: Stop Being” Nice”, and You'll Be Liberated), a collection ofepigrams
- "Ningen no Bunzai." A collection of writings.
References
[edit]- ^abcJohnston, Eric (February 12, 2015)."Author Sono calls for racial segregation in op-ed piece".The Japan Times.Archivedfrom the original on 16 April 2021.Retrieved12 February2015.
- ^ab[1]Archived2015-02-12 at theWayback Machine(Japanese)
- ^ab"Author Sono calls for racial segregation in op-ed piece".The Japan Times.12 February 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 16 April 2021.Retrieved21 February2015.
- ^"Matahara: turning the clock back on women's rights – The Japan Times".The Japan Times.23 September 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 7 March 2015.Retrieved21 February2015.
- ^abcdSchierbeck, Sachiko Shibata; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994).Japanese women novelists in the 20th century: 104 biographies, 1900-1993.Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 132.ISBN87-7289-268-4.
- ^Mulhern, Chieko Irie (1994).Japanese women writers: a bio-critical sourcebook.Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 369.ISBN0-313-25486-9.
- ^Từng dã lĩnh プロフィール.Prime Minister's Official Residence (Japan)(in Japanese).Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved21 August2015.
- ^"Sáng lập giả tằng dã lĩnh から の ご ai tạt - jomas công thức ホームページ".jomas.jp.Archived fromthe originalon 2014-12-17.
- ^"Ayako Sono resigned from a education reform panel"(in Japanese).Sankei Shimbun.December 2, 2013.Archivedfrom the original on February 21, 2015.RetrievedFebruary 21,2015.
- ^Yuka Hayashi (13 February 2015)."Author Causes Row With Remarks on Immigration, Segregation".WSJ.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2018.Retrieved21 February2015.
- ^Umekawa, Elaine Lies (13 February 2015)."Japan PM ex-adviser praises apartheid in embarrassment for Abe".Reuters.Archivedfrom the original on 3 January 2016.Retrieved21 February2015.
- ^"Satogashi ga kowareru toki (1967) - IMDb".IMDb.10 June 1967.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2015.Retrieved21 February2015.
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