作家・柳美里さん快挙、全米図書賞を受賞
Writer Miri Yu won the National Book Award
Writer Miri Yu won the National Book Award
アメリカで最も権威のある文学賞のひとつ、「全米図書賞」の翻訳文学部門に、芥川賞作家・柳美里さんの「JR上野駅公園口」が選ばれました
Akutagawa Prize-winning author Miri Yu’s ”JR Ueno Station Park Exit” was selected for the translation literature category of the ”National Book Award”, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the United States.
Akutagawa Prize-winning author Miri Yu’s ”JR Ueno Station Park Exit” was selected for the translation literature category of the ”National Book Award”, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the United States.
1964年の東京オリンピックの前年、福島から東京に出稼ぎに出た男性の生涯を描いた物語です
It is a story about the life of a man who went to work from Fukushima to Tokyo the year before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
It is a story about the life of a man who went to work from Fukushima to Tokyo the year before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
福島県南相馬市に住む柳さんは授賞式で、「地震と津波と原発事故で苦難を強いられている南相馬の方々と喜びを分かち合いたい」と語りました
At the award ceremony, Mr. Yanagi, who lives in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, said, ”I want to share the joy with the people of Minamisoma who are suffering from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.”
At the award ceremony, Mr. Yanagi, who lives in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, said, ”I want to share the joy with the people of Minamisoma who are suffering from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.”