Shun Medoruma

eBook, ePUB

In the Woods of Memory (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

a new voice in Japanese literature makes its debut here in Medoruma's first full-length work in English; bears some resemblance to Kenji Nakagami in the toughness of his prose and grappling with minority issues

novel is a fictionalized event but very close to actual experience. It sheds light on current Okinawan attitudes towards US military bases still on the island, still in the news even in May 2016 (huge ongoing protests over rapes and murders and other crimes committed by troops and US contractors)

author Medoruma himself just recently in the news when arrested thisspring at a protest in Okinawa over the planned relocation of the US military base

raises important questions about war memory, especially the memories of the powerless and victimized

Medoruma's experimental use of point of view, language, and creative storytelling challenge the assumptions of readers of contemporary Japanese literature

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Autor

Shun Medoruma was born in Nakijin, Okinawa on October 6, 1960. After graduating from the University of Ryukyus, he worked as a guard and later as a teacher. He resigned from teaching in 2003. He has written unique novels that are based on Okinawan nature, history, and climate, focusing especially on the Battle of Okinawa and memories of that war experience. Two of his best stories, Suiteki” and Mabuigumi” are concerned with war memory. Medoruma also focuses on the current base issue and how the US military impacts on Okinawa. Another element of Medoruma’s fiction is his use of uchina-guchi or Okinawan language. Medoruma often expresses his strong anti-base political views through his articles in the local newspapersand in his blog. AWARDS: 11th Ryukyu Shinpo Short Story Prize in 1983 for Gyogunki [Diary of a School of Fish].” 12th New Okinawa Literature Prize in 1986 for Heiwa dori to nazukerareta machi o aruite.” 27th Kyushu Arts Literature Prize in 1997 for Suiteki.” 117th Akutagawa Prize in 1997 for Suiteki.” 26th Yasunari Kawabata Literary Award in 2000 for Mabuigumi [Soul-Stuffing].” Shohei Kiyama Literary Award in 2000 for Mabuigumi [Soul-Stuffing].” Takuma Sminkey (né Paul Sminkey) (Translator) is a professor in the Department of British and American Language and Culture at Okinawa International University. He has been living in Japan for over twenty years and acquired Japanese citizenship in 2010. He received a master’s degree in English literature from Temple University and a master’s in Advanced Japanese Studies from Sheffield University. His translations include A Rabbit’s Eyes by Haitani Kenjiro (2005) and IchigensanThe Newcomer by David Zoppetti (2011). Kyle Ikeda (Afterword) received his doctorate in Japanese from the University of HawaiiManoa in 2007 and is now an associate professor at the University of Vermont. He is one of the leading researchers in English on Medoruma Shun. His comprehensive analysis of Medoruma’s work, Okinawan War Memory: Transgenerational Trauma and the War Fiction of Medoruma, was published in 2014.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611729245
• Artikelnr.: 47255747