Megumu Sagisawa
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Born | Megumi Matsuo ( 20 June 1968 Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 11 April 2004 Meguro, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 35)
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Megumu Sagisawa (
Sagisawa published her debut novel Kawaberi no michi (
Early life and family
[edit]Megumu Sagisawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on 20 June 1968, as the youngest of four sisters.[1][2] Her parents divorced when she was fifteen years old.[3] Sagisawa was of Korean descent. Her grandmother, born in Taechon, Korea, was a first-generation Korean immigrant to Japan who lived in Tokyo and married a Japanese man.[3][4][5]
Career
[edit]Sagisawa published her debut novel Kawaberi no michi (
In 1989, she published the novel Kaeremu hitobito (
Sagisawa was also a noted essayist and translator of children's picture books.[1] She worked with screenwriter and director Hidetake Kobayashi at the Dolphin Group , a theatre company that produces comedies, until her death.[10][11] Her book Welcome Home! (ウェルカム・ホーム!, Uerukamu hōmu) was first published in late March 2004, and was set to be staged under her own production in June.[8]
Selected works
[edit]Sagisawa's works of fiction have been described as focusing on topics such as complex interpersonal relationships and the "anxieties of young people."[6] She released more than twenty novels and short story collections through her career, which have been translated into Italian, Korean, and English.[1] Her works include:[5][6][11]
- Kawaberi no michi (
川 べりの道 , The Path by the River), 1987 - Kaerenu hitobito (
帰 れぬ人 びと, The Deceased), Bungeishunjū, 1989 - Stairisshū kittzū (Stylish kids), Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1990
- Kakeru shōnen (
駆 ける少年 , The Running Boy), Bungeishunjū, 1992- English translation: Grillo, Tyran. The Running Boy and Other Stories, Cornell University Press, 2020
- Hangu rusu (Hang Loose), Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1993
- Kenari mo hana, sakura mo hana (Forsythias are flowers, cherryblossoms too), 1994
- Kinema junpō (キネマ
旬 砲 ), Kadokawa Shoten, 2002 - La vie en Rose (ばら
色 の人生 ), Sakuhinsha, 2004 (with Hidetake Kobayashi) - Uerukamu hōmu (ウェルカム・ホーム!, Welcome Home!), Shinchosha, 2006[12]
Personal life and death
[edit]Sagisawa married director Gō Rijū in 1990. They divorced a year later.[1][7]
Sagisawa died on 11 April 2004 at her residence in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. The cause of her death was initially reported as heart failure, but was later found by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to have been a suicide.[1][8][13] Following her death, Korean newspapers The Chosun Ilbo, The Hankyoreh, and The Dong-a Ilbo described her as one of Japan's leading female Korean writers.[14][15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Sagisawa, Megumu (15 April 2020). "A Translator's Introduction". The Running Boy and Other Stories. Translated by Grillo, Tyran. Cornell University Press. pp. 1–13. ISBN 9781501749902.
- ^ a b
四 条 ゆい. "早生 の天才 作家 ・鷺沢 萠 の小説 おすすめランキングトップ5!". Honcierge (in Japanese). - ^ a b 중앙일보 (14 April 1993). "한국유학온 일 신예작가 사기사와 메구무". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean).
- ^ Lie, John (17 November 2008). Zainichi (Koreans in Japan): Diasporic Nationalism and Postcolonial Identity. University of California Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780520942561.
- ^ a b Takemoto, Toshio (28 October 2016). "Constructing the self in Megumu Sagisawa's and Miri Yu's travelogues: a case study of two Japan-based female writers of Korean origin". Contemporary Japan. 27 (2): 169–188. doi:10.1515/cj-2015-0010. S2CID 131214916.
- ^ a b c d "Biographies of modern Japanese authors N–S". Jlit.net. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
- ^ a b "クリエイターズワールド/
執筆 前夜 ". Creator's World (in Japanese). 9–30 January 2004. - ^ a b c d "
作家 の鷺沢 萠 さんが死去 ". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. 15 April 2004. - ^ "
泉 鏡花 文学 賞 " [Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). City of Kanazawa. Retrieved 18 August 2019. - ^ "2004
年 に急逝 した作家 ・鷺沢 萠 が一番 つたえたかった"差別 "と"絆 "がテーマのコメディ2作品 「ウェルカム・ホーム!」「ばら色 の人生 」を8月 30日 から7日間 公演 " (Press release) (in Japanese). valuepress CO,LTD. 2 August 2016. - ^ a b "
小林 ヒデタケ". maroon.dti.ne.jp (in Japanese). - ^ "
家族 を家族 たらしめるのは血 のつながりじゃない。号泣 必至 。電車 の中 で読 んだら超 危険 ". Niconico News (in Japanese). Niconico. 14 March 2020. - ^ "
作家 の鷺沢 萠 さんは自殺 ". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. 15 April 2004. - ^ "한국계
日 작가 사기사와 메구무 자살". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 18 April 2004. - ^ 박중언 (18 April 2004). "한국계 일 여성작가 사기사와 메구무 자살 : 문화생활 : 인터넷한겨레". The Hankyoreh (in Korean).
- ^ 박원재 (18 April 2004). "재일교포작가 사기사와 메구무 자살". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean).
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Megumu Sagisawa at IMDb
- 1968 births
- 2004 suicides
- 2004 deaths
- People from Ōta, Tokyo
- People from Setagaya
- Writers from Tokyo
- 20th-century Japanese women writers
- 20th-century Japanese novelists
- 21st-century Japanese novelists
- 21st-century Japanese women writers
- Japanese women novelists
- Japanese people of Korean descent
- Japanese translators
- Japanese women essayists
- Japanese essayists
- Japanese women dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Japanese dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Japanese dramatists and playwrights
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- Suicides in Japan