Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子, Ishimure Michiko, 11 March 1927 – 10 February 2018)[1] was a Japanese writer and activist.
Michiko Ishimure | |
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| 石牟礼道子 | |
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| Born | 11 March 1927 Kawaura, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 10 February 2018 (aged 90) Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | writer, activist, environmentalist, writing |
| Notable work | Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease, Story of the Sea of Camellias, Lake of Heaven |
She won the 1973 Ramon Magsaysay Award, among the most prestigious awards in Asia, for publicizing writings about Minamata disease, which was extremely controversial at the time.[2]
Select works
edit- Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1969) translated into English by Livia Monnet[3][4] and into German by Ursula Graefe.[5]
- Story of the Sea of Camellias (1976) translated into English by Livia Monnet[6]
- Lake of Heaven (1997) translated into English by Bruce Allen.[7]
- Anima no tori (Birds of Spirit) (1999)
- Shiranui: A Contemporary Noh Drama translated into English by Bruce Allen.[8]
References
edit- ^ "石牟礼道子さん死去 ９０歳、水俣病告発「苦海浄土」". Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ CITATION for Michiko Ishimure Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Ramon Magsaysay Award. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Ishimure, Michiko (1990). Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow. Translated by Livia Monnet. Yamaguchi Publishing House.
- ^ Ishimure, Michiko (2003). Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease. Translated by Livia Monnet. Center for Japanese Studies.
- ^ Ishimure, Michiko (1995). Paradies im Meer der Qualen: Unsere Minamata-Krankheit. Translated by Ursula Graefe. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ Ishimure, Michiko (1983). Story of the Sea of Camellias. Translated by Livia Monnet. Yamaguchi Publishing House.
- ^ Ishimure, Michiko (2008). Lake of Heaven. Translated by Bruce Allen. Lexington Books.
- ^ Bruce Allen; Yuki Masami, eds. (2016). "Shiranui: A Contemporary Noh Drama". Ishimure Michiko's Writing in Ecocritical Perspective: Between Sea and Sky. Translated by Yuko Aihara; Bruce Allen. Lexington Books. pp. 189–198.
External links
edit- Michiko Ishumure (sic), unesco.org via archive.org. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- Michiko Ishimure at IMDb
- Thornber, Karen (11 June 2012). "Environmental Ambiguity, Literature, and Ishimure Michiko 環境問題の曖昧さ、文学、石牟道子". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 10 (24, no. 2).
- Thornber, Karen (1 July 2016). "Ishimure Michiko and Global Ecocriticism". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 14 (13, no. 6).
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