Mayumi Yamada-Shimotai

A Japanese Vagabond

Bicycling 35,000 Km Around Four Continents 1986-1989 Part 1

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris
• Seitenzahl: 946
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1504g
• ISBN-13: 9781493153251
• ISBN-10: 1493153250
• Artikelnr.: 53128149

Autorenporträt

Mayumi (Yamada-)Shimotai was born in Niigata, Japan. As a daughter of a humble rice-farmer, she was brought up amid drastic social changes in post-war Japan. At the age of 21, she left Japan for new horizons and drifted around four continents, mostly by bicycle. Consequently, she worked in Egypt as a tour guide for nearly three years, and in 1993, she returned home finally. She began working for The Daily Telegraph (UK), Tokyo bureau, as a correspondent's assistant, and later she became a freelance interpreter, researcher, and coordinator for foreign media. Additionally, since 1997, she has been a freelance writer. Presently, she is teaching English to schoolchildren.