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Profile of Ayako Sono
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Ayako Sono(曽野綾å or 曾野綾å, Sono Ayako ( born in Tokyo on September 17th (ShÅwa 6) 1931 - ) is a writer and a Catholic. Her baptismal name is Maria Elisabet. She went to the Catholic Sacred Heart School in Tokyo after elementary school. During World War II, she evacuated to Kanazawa. After writing for the fanzines La Mancha and Shin-Shicho (æ–°æ€æ½®: New Thought), she was recommended by Masao Yamakawa, an established critic at the time, to Mita-Bungaku (三田文å¦: Mita Literature), for which she wrote Enrai No Kyaku Tachi (é æ¥ã®å®¢ãŸã¡: Visitors from Afar), one of the shortlisted stories for the Akutagawa Prize in 1954. That piece attracted a considerable attention due to the heroine girl’s lighthearted attitude toward the occupation forces. The year next, she was married to Shumon Miura (三浦 朱門), one of the members of Shin-Shicho. They are famous for their happy marriage. She continued producing many works, until she started suffering from depression. She had safely recovered from the crisis.   The naming of “the Bas Bleu Eraâ€(æ‰å¥³æ™‚代: Saijo-Jidai) by the writer and critic Yoshimi Usui famously described the prosperous activities of female writers including Sono or Sawako Ariyoshi—one of her contemporary who had published many reputable books that are still being read. In the history of Japanese literature, Sono belongs to the category of “the Third Generation†together with Shusaku Endo, Shotaro Yasuoka, Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, Nobuo Kojima, Junzo Shono, Keitaro Kondo, Hiroyuki Agawa, Syumon Miura, Tan Onuma, and Toshio Shimao.
Works
Novels
Her major novels include
- Tamayura (ãŸã¾ã‚†ã‚‰: Transience), which portrays the nihilistic daily life of man and woman
- SatÅ-gashi-ga-kowareru-toki (ç ‚ç³–è“åãŒå£Šã‚Œã‚‹ã¨ã: When a Sweetmeat Breaks), modeled on Marilyn Monroe and made into a film starring Ayako Wakao (IMDb)
- Mumeihi (ç„¡å碑: A Nameless Monument), featuring the construction sites of the Tagokura Dam and the Asian Highway
- Kizu-tsuita-ashi (å‚·ã¤ã„ãŸè‘¦: Bruised Reed), which describes in a most dry style a life of a Catholic Father
- KyokÅ-no-ie (虚構ã®å®¶: The House of Fiction), a bestseller depicting domestic violence
- TarÅ-Monogatari (太郎物語: Taro Story), which features her son Taro as the protagonist
- Kami-No-Yogoreta-Te (神ã®æ±šã‚ŒãŸæ‰‹: The Soiled Hands of God, translated into English as The Watcher from the Shore ), on the theme abortion and dignity of life problems, with a gynecologist as the protagonist
- TenjÅ-no-ao (天上ã®é’: Heavenly Blue, translated into English as No Reason for Murder , a crime novel based on real serial murder and rape cases by a man named Kiyoshi Okubo, which tries to describe the extremity of love
- KyÅ-Å-Herode (狂王ヘãƒãƒ‡: Herod the Mad), which portrays the half life of Herod the Great, who is notorious for the Massacre of the Innocents, through the eye of a mute lute player called "Ana" (hole).
- Aika (å“€æŒ: Lamentations), a record of the dramatic experience of a nun Haruna, who encounterd the Rwanda Genocide.
Her short stories include
- Nagai-kurai-fuyu (é•·ã„æš—ã„冬: Long, Dark Winter), which is known as a masterpiece and anthologized often
- RakuyÅ-no-koe (è½è‘‰ã®å£°: The Voice of Falling Leaves), which describes the end of Father Maximilian Kolbe
- Tadami-gawa (åªè¦‹å·: The River Tadami), which sings of a love torn apart by WWII
Her essays include
- The two million bestseller Dare-no-tame-ni-aisuruka? (誰ã®ãŸã‚ã«æ„›ã™ã‚‹ã‹: For Whom Do You Love?)
- KairÅ-roku (戒è€éŒ²: A note of Admonition to the Old) on the way how we behave in old age
- II-hito-o-yameruto-raku-ni-naru (「ã„ã„人ã€ã‚’ã‚„ã‚ã‚‹ã¨æ¥½ã«ãªã‚‹: Stop Being â€Niceâ€, and You'Be liberated), a collection of epigrams
Political and Social Activities
- Sono is also know as a conservative.
- In 2000, she welcomed Alberto Fujimori, ex-President of Peru, to stay at her house.
- After the death of Ryoichi Sasakawa, one of the biggest rightist leaders, Sono took over his position as the head of the “Nippon Foundation,â€(日本財団) whose funds come from 3 percent of the profits of the boat races all over Japan. As the chairperson, she had focused on welfare and assistance of undeveloped countries , until 30 June, 2005, when her term of office finally expired after nine and a half years of dedication to and effective investment in the impoverished people.
- She works as the president of an NGO named “Kaigai-senkyosha-katsudo-enjo-koenkai†(JOMAS :Japan Overseas Missionaries Assistance Society) to help Japanese missionaries devoting their lifetime in foreign countries.
- She has been selected as a Person of Cultural Merits in 2003, following her Husband’s honor in 1999.
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