Naoko Awa

Naoko Minegishi (峰岸 直子, Minegishi Naoko) (5 January 1943 – 25 February 1993), known by her pen name Naoko Awa (安房 直子, Awa Naoko), was a Japanese novelist.[1][2][3]

She graduated from Japan Women's University. She was influenced by the Brothers Grimm, and wrote fairy tales. She mixes fantasy beings with contemporary settings.[1]

Her work appeared in Mejiro jidō bungaku (Mejiro Children’s Literature).[4]

Works
  • きつねの窓 (Kitsune no mado) The Fox’s Window: And Other Stories, translator, Toshiya Kamei, University of New Orleans Press, 2010. [5][6]
  • “Hanamame no nieru made,” Until the Beans Are Cooked, 1993 [7]
  • "First Day of Snow", My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, Penguin Books, 2010.

References
  1. Ridgely, Steven C. (2015-11-19). Zipes, Jack (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford Companions (2d ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 36 (Awa, Naoko). doi:10.1093/acref/9780199689828.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-968982-8. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. Ichiko, Natsuo; 市古夏生 (2006). Nihon josei bungaku daijiten. Satoko Kan, Kiyoshi Asai, 菅聡子, 浅井清 (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: Nihon Tosho Sentā. ISBN 4-8205-7880-4. OCLC 65219192.
  3. Aman kimiko awa naoko sueyoshi akiko. teruo Jingu, kimiko Aman, naoko Awa, akiko Sueyoshi, 輝夫() 神宮, きみこ() あまん. 偕成社. October 1992. ISBN 4-03-020090-7. OCLC 1183236465.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Naoko Awa". Contemporary Japanese Literature. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. "The Japanese fairy tales of Naoko Awa". Jason Sanford. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. "Review: The Fox's Window and Other Stories by Naoko Awa". [PANK]. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. Naoko, Awa; Kamei, Toshiya (2009). "Until the Beans Are Cooked". Marvels & Tales. 23 (1): 98–106. doi:10.1353/mat.2009.a266892. ISSN 1536-1802. S2CID 191451638.


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