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Koda Aya (Japanese幸 田 文, born September 1, 1904 in Tōkyō, † 31 October 1990) was a Japanese essayist and novelist. She was the second eldest daughter of Koda Rohan and attended the Tokyo Women's School Joshigakuin. Her daughter Aoki Tama and her granddaughter Nao Aoki were also writers. Characteristic of the works of Koda Aya are its clear expression and their moral beliefs.
Life
Koda Aya was born in the former Tokyo metropolitan district Mukojima (1947 merged with the present Honjo Sumida ). At the age of five she lost her mother, and later her (younger ) sister and her ( younger ) brother. At the age of 24 years she married, to let ten years but divorced it again and returned with her daughter Tama (see: Aoki Tama ) to her father, Koda Rohan house back. During the Second World War it took to secure the livelihood of her father a job on (this is described in Aoki ie Tamas Koishikawa no (小石川 の 家), GV " The house in Koishikawa ").
After the death of Koda Rohan they processed their memories in Chichi (父, dt " My Father" ) and Konna koto (こんな こと, dt " Such an affair ", " So it was "). It attracted attention by publishing essays such Misokkasu (みそっかす, dt about "The Outsider ", literally refers to the title of the, for example, while drinking miso soup often remaining in the shell Misorest ). Then she recognized for, however, the limitations of the essay and completed in 1955 its long novel Nagareru wherein they, processed experiences gathered while working and living in a geisha house and what it the price of the Japanese Academy of Arts and Shinchosha Literature Prize were awarded. This it has established itself as a writer. For Kuroi suso they received, also in 1955, the Yomiuri Prize for Literature.
In her late years, Koda Aya began in Japan for the reconstruction of the pagodas of temples. She died on 31 October 1990 at the age of 86 years.
Major works (selection)
- Kuroi Suso (黒い 裾, dt "Black hem " )
- Nagareru (流れる, dt " [ Thither - ] flow" )
- Tatakai (闘, dt "fight" )
- Ototo (おとうと, dt, "My little brother " )
- Misokkasu (みそっかす, dt about " outsiders" )
- Shuen (终 焉, dt about " The Last Hours " )
- Soso no ki (葬送 の 記, dt ' records from the funeral " )
- Author
- Literature ( 20th century)
- Literature (Japanese)
- Novel, epic
- Essay
- Japanese
- Born in 1904
- Died in 1990
- Woman