Jakucho Setouchi
Jakucho Setouchi (瀬戸内 寂聴, Setouchi Jakuchō, 15 May 1922 – 9 November 2021), formerly Harumi Setouchi (瀬戸内 晴美, Setouchi Harumi), was a Japanese Buddhist nun, writer and activist.[2][3] Setouchi was known for her biographical novels written as first-person narratives.[4] She is known for her 1998 translation of The Tale of Genji.[5]
Jakucho Setouchi | |
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| Born | 15 May 1922 Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 9 November 2021 (aged 99)[1] Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | novels |
| Notable works | Kashin, Natsu no Owari, Hana ni Toe |
She was awarded the Women's Literary Prize in 1963 for Natsu no Owari.[3]
Setouchi died of heart failure in Kyoto, Japan, on 9 November 2021, at the age of 99.[6]
Prizes
- 1962 Women's Literature Prize for Natsu no Owari[3]
- 1992 Tanizaki Prize for Hana ni Toe[3]
- 2001 Noma Prize in literature for Basho
- 2006 Order of Culture of Japan[5]
Works
- Joshidaisei Chu Airin (1957) Qu Ailing the Coed—received the Shinchosha Coterie Magazine Award
- Miren (1963) Lingering Affections
- Kiji (1963) Pheasant translated by Robert Huey in ISBN 978-4-77002-976-8
- Beauty in Disarray translated by Sanford Goldstein and Kazuji Ninomiya ISBN 978-0-80483-322-6
- Natsu no owari (1963?) The End of Summer translated by Janine Beichman ISBN 978-4-77001-746-8. A collection of linked stories detailing her own adulterous affair.
- Hana ni toe (1992?) Ask the Blossoms, a novelized biography of the classical poet-priest Saigyo.
- Basho (2001) Places
References
- ↑ 瀬戸内寂聴さん死去 作家・僧侶、99歳 文化勲章受章者（京都新聞） (in ja). Yahoo!ニュース. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ Harding, Christopher. Couched In Kindness: "Jakucho Setouchi: a revered nun and famous novelist " Archived 2013-09-17 at the Wayback Machine Aeon Magazine. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 瀬戸内 寂聴 (in ja) (2012). Tokyo: Shogakukan. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ↑ 瀬戸内 寂聴 (in ja) (2012). Tokyo: Shogakukan. OCLC 56431036. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 瀬戸内 寂聴 (in ja) (2012). Tokyo: Shogakukan. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ↑ Japanese Novelist, Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi dies at 99. Retrieved 2021-11-11.