Anna Ogino

Anna Ogino (荻野 アンナ, Ogino Anna, born November 7, 1956)[1] is a Japanese author and professor of literature at Keio University. She has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Itō Sei Literature Prize.

Anna Ogino
Anna Ogino in 2005
Native name
荻野 アンナ
BornAnna Gaillard
Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationWriter, professor
LanguageJapanese
CitizenshipJapanese
EducationParis-Sorbonne University
Alma materKeio University
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • Seoi mizu
  • Horafuki-Anri no bōken
  • Kani to kare to watashi
Notable awards

Early years

Ogino was born as Anna Gaillard in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, to a Japanese mother and a French-American father.[2] She was naturalized during elementary school, and received her undergraduate and master's degree in French literature from Keio University, as well as receiving a scholarship to Paris-Sorbonne University to study Rabelais. In 2002 she became a full professor at Keio.[3]

Career

Ogino began writing in 1983 as text author for comic strips about mermaids.[1] She won the 1991 Akutagawa Prize for Seoi-mizu (背負い水, Water Burden). Her 1991 book Watakushi no aidokusho (私の愛毒書, My love-hate affair with books), a critical novel that compares eminent male Japanese authors to different types of foods, has received scholarly attention for its subversive use of parodic language.[4][5] In 2002 she received the 53rd Yomiuri Prize for Horafuki Anri no bōken (ホラ吹きアンリの冒険, The Adventures of Henri the Braggart), and in 2008 she received the 19th Itō Sei Literature Prize for Kani to kare to watashi (蟹と彼と私, The Crab, Him and Me).

Recognition

Bibliography
  • Yukitai (遊機体, Floating Objects), Bungeishunjū, 1990, ISBN 9784163121802
  • Watakushi no aidokusho (私の愛毒書, My love-hate affair with books), Fukutake Shoten, ISBN 9784828823980
  • Seoi-mizu (背負い水, Water Burden), Bungeishunjū, 1991, ISBN 9784163127606
  • Horafuki Anri no bōken (ホラ吹きアンリの冒険, The Adventures of Henri the Braggart), Bungeishunjū, 2001, ISBN 9784163198200
  • Kani to kare to watashi (蟹と彼と私, The Crab, Him and Me), Shueisha, 2007, ISBN 9784087748727

References
  1. Shibata Schierbeck, Sachiko; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century: 104 biographies, 1990-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788772892689.
  2. McKeon, Midori (2001). "Ogino Anna's Gargantuan Play in Tales of Peaches". In Copeland, Rebecca L.; Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza (eds.). The Father-Daughter Plot: Japanese Literary Women and the Law of the Father. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 327–367. ISBN 9780824824389.
  3. "Professor Ogino Anna". Keio University. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  4. Aoyama, Tomoko (1994). "The Love that poisons: Japanese parody and the new literacy". Japan Forum. 6 (1): 35–46. doi:10.1080/09555809408721499.
  5. Abe Auestad, Reiko (1998). "Ogino Anna and parodic language". Japan Forum. 10 (1): 31–45. doi:10.1080/09555809808721602.
  6. "芥川賞受賞者一覧" [List of Akutagawa Prize Winners] (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. January 1, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  7. "読売文学賞　第５１回（１９９９年度）～第６０回（２００８年度）" [Yomiuri Prizes from 51st (FY1999) to 60th (FY2008)] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  8. "伊藤整文学賞". 伊藤整文学賞の会 (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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