Aki Shimazaki

Aki Shimazaki (Japanese島崎 あき, Aki Shimazaki; born 1954 in Gifu Prefecture ) is a Japanese writer who does not write and publish similar Tawada Yōko in their native Japanese, but in French.

Life

Shimazaki worked for five years in Japan as a kindergarten teacher and gave lessons in English grammar at a cram school. In 1981 she emigrated to Canada and lived first five years in Vancouver, where she worked for an IT company, after which they lived for five years in Toronto. Since 1991 she lives in Montreal. In addition to her literary career she also taught Japanese. Only in 1995 at the age of 40 years she began to systematically learn French in self-study and at the language school Katimavik.

In particular, the Hungarian -Swiss writer Ágota Kristof and her with The Notebook (Original: Le grand cahier, 1986) trilogy begun served as a model and motivation for Shimazaki.

Works

  • Tsubame, translated from the French by Bernd Wilczek, Kunstmann Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88897-350-3
  • Wasurenagusa, translated from the French by Bernd Wilczek, Kunstmann Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88897-380-5

Awards

  • Prix ​​Ringuet of the Académie des lettres du Québec for Hamaguri (2000)
  • Canada - Japan Literary Award from the Canada Council for the Arts for Wasurenagusa (2004)
  • Prix ​​du Gouverneur général for Hotaru (2005)
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