Motojirō Kajii
Motojirō Kajii (梶井 基次郎, Kajii Motojirō, juga Motojirou Kajii, 17 Februari 1901 – 24 Maret 1932) adalah seorang penulis Jepang pada awal zaman Shōwa yang dikenal karena membuat cerpen-cerpen puitis. Kajii meninggalkan adi-adikarya seperti Remon (檸檬, "Lemon"), "Shiro no aru machi nite" (城のある町にて, "In a Castle Town"). Fuyu no hi (冬の日, "Winter Days") dan Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (櫻の樹の下には, "Beneath the Cherry Trees"). Karya-karya puitisnya dipuji oleh para penulis sejawat yang meliputi Yasunari Kawabata dan Yukio Mishima.[2]
Motojirō Kajii 梶井 基次郎 | |
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 Motojirō di taman rumah saudaranya di Distrik Kawabe, Hyōgo (Januari 1931) | |
| Lahir | 17 Februari 1901 Nishi-ku, Osaka, Jepang |
| Meninggal | 24 Maret 1932 (umur 31) Oji-cho, Sumiyoshi-ku (kini:Abeno-ku), Osaka |
| Makam | Minami-ku (kini:Chūō-ku), Osaka |
| Pekerjaan | Penulis |
| Bahasa | Jepang |
| Almamater | Universitas Tokyo (mengundurkan diri) |
| Periode | 1925 – 1932 |
| Genre | Cerpen, puisi prosa |
| Aliran sastra | (I-Novel[1]) |
| Karya terkenal |
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Referensi sunting
Sumber
- Kajii, Motojiro (stories); Kodoma de Larroche, Christine (translation, introduction). 1996. Le citron : nouvelles (second partial French translation of Remon). Picquier poche. Arles, France: P. Picquier. ISBN 978-2-87730-277-7: pp. 7–22 (short biography). [First printed as: Kajii, Motojiro (stories); Kodoma de Larroche, Christine (translation, introduction). 1987. Les cercles d'un regard : le monde de Kajii Motojirô (first partial French translation of Remon). Bibliothèque de l'Institut des hautes études japonaises. Paris, France: Maisonneuve et Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-0932-3.]
- Matsuoka, Tatsuya. 2005. "An Encounter with Kajii Motojiro" (English version of his Japanese notice[pranala nonaktif permanen]). JLLP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project). Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center (Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan). Internet page (snapshot at WebCite).
Catatan akhir
- ^ I-Novel wasn't an active literary movement per se but an emerging new genre in Japan, informally grouping the first authors who decided to use it.
- ^ 新潮日本文学アルバム27 梶井基次郎 [Shincho Japanese literature Album 27 Motojirō Kajii] (dalam bahasa Jepang). Shinchosha. 1985.
Pranala luar sunting
Rujukan umum
- A complete list of stories by Kajii (with literal English and Romaji titles) at Griffe – World's Literature
- J'Lit | Authors : Motojiro Kajii | Books from Japan
- Matsusaka Castle Ruins, "The scenery which Kajii Motojiro loved"[pranala nonaktif permanen] – the basis for "In a Castle Town"
- Audiobook in Japanese (mp3)
- Motojiro Kajii's grave
Terjemahan yang tersedia di daring (termasuk terjemahan amatir)
- Karya oleh/tentang Motojirō Kajii di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
- Karya Motojirō Kajii di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
- "An Inner Landscape" (tr. Tony Gonzalez)
- "Beneath the Cherry Trees" (tr. Morgan Giles)
- "Blue Sky" (tr. Morgan Giles)
- "Caress" (tr. Ursula Owen)
- "The Feeling on the Bluff" text and annotated Word format (tr. Ursula Owen)
- "Lemon" plus a comment (tr. C Seu)
- "A Musical Derangement" (tr. Stephen Wechselblatt) in New Orleans Review (Summer/Fall 1983 Issue)
- "Under the Cherry Blossoms" (tr. Bonnie Huie) at The Brooklyn Rail
Ulasan
- A short English review of the French partial edition of Remon in Bohème Magazine (July 2004)