Miyoko Matsutani ( Jap. 松 谷 み よ 子 Matsutani Miyoko , February 15, 1926 , Tokyo - February 28, 2015 , ibid.) - Japanese children's writer, winner of numerous national literary awards.
| Miyoko Matsutani | |
|---|---|
| 松 谷 み よ 子 | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | Tokyo |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | children's writer |
| Years of creativity | 1944—2015 |
| Language of Works | |
| Debut | story in the magazine "Dova Koshitsu", 1948 |
| Awards | Diploma named after H.K. Andersen |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works in Russian translation
- 3 Screen adaptations of works
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Born in the family of a lawyer. In 1942, Miyoko graduated from the Toyo Higher School for Women and at the age of 18, even during the war , she began to write stories and fairy tales. In 1945, she was evacuated to Nagano , where she met one of the founders of Japanese children's literature, Joji Tsubota , who became the literary teacher of the young writer. On his recommendation, in 1948, her debut was held in the children's magazine Dova Koshitsu. Together with her husband, folklorist and the head of the Puppet Theater Takuo Segawa, she sets off to travel around the country. On a trip, she listens and records the tales of peasants and fishermen. She discovers the beloved hero of Japanese folk tales of the peasant guy Taro, whom she later made a hero of her three tales: “The Adventures of Taro in the Land of the Mountains” (1960), “Taro and the Fire Bird” (1965) and “Baby Taro” (1970 ) For the first of them, in 1960, the writer was awarded a diploma named after H.K. Andersen , and in 1979 a full-length anime cartoon (director Kiriro Urayama) [3] , which gained great popularity all over the world, was filmed on this story. including in the USSR (in the Soviet box office it was called "Tarot - the son of a dragon"). In Russian, the tales of Matsutani were published in the 1970s, translated by G. Ronskaya and with illustrations by G. Kalinovsky and T. Sorokina.
Works in Russian translation
- Tarot in the land of mountains ( Jap. 龍 の 子 太郎 Tatsu-no ko Tarot :) Tarot in the land of mountains
- Tarot Baby ( Jap. ち び っ こ 太郎 Tibitsui Tarot :) ) Baby Tarot
- Taro and the Fire Bird ( Japanese. え が み 太郎 Maegami Taro:) Tarot and the Fire Bird
- Fox tail color loaf
- Hello cat:
- O-bake-chan ( オ バ ケ ち ゃ ん ) (1971)
- Hello cat! ( Japanese. オ バ ケ ち ゃ ん Neko-no yoroshiku )
- Little tales:
- How mice aired gold coins
- The drover of the bulls and Yamamba
- Spirit of poverty
- How a badger turned a teapot
Screen versions of works
- Two Iida ( ふ た り の イ ー ダ Futari-no I: yes ) (1976)
- Taro, the son of a dragon ( Jap. 龍 の 子 太郎 Tatsu-no ko taro :) (1979, according to the tale "Taro in the land of mountains")
- Maegami Taro ( Japanese ま え が み 太郎 Maegami Taro:) (1979, TV, based on the tale "Tarot and the Firebird")
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Babelio
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ The Internet Movie database
Links
- Official site of Miyoko Matsutani (Japanese)
- Curriculum Vitae (English)
- G. Ronskaya. Tales of Miyoko Matsutani