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Nahoko Uehashi (上橋 菜穂子, Uehashi Nahoko)
Born (1962-07-15) July 15, 1962 (age 62)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter, ethnologist
NationalityJapanese
GenreFantasy, children's literature
Notable worksMoribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Notable awardsNoma Children's Literature New Face Prize (1996)
Noma Children's Literature award (2004)
Sankei Children's Culture and Publishing award
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2009)
Hans Christian Andersen Award (2014)

Nahoko Uehashi (上橋 菜穂子, Uehashi Nahoko) (born July 15, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer primarily of juvenile fantasy books, for which she has won many awards. She is most famous for the Moribito series (The Guardian series),[1] which have sold over 2.5 million copies in Japan.[2]

Uehashi is also a professor teaching ethnology (especially the Australian Aborigines) at a Japanese University, Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, and having completed a PhD focusing on Yamatji, an indigenous Australian people.[3]

Achievements

Uehashi's career as a writer started in 1989. Her first book was The Sacred Tree (精霊の木, seirei no ki). She then wrote the novel O God, Sleep Ye in The Forest of Moon (月の森にカミよ眠れ, tsuki no mori ni kami yo nemure). This novel received an award from the Japanese Association of Writers for Children[4], which made her one of the famous Japanese-fantasy authors.

In 1996, she published the first book of her Moribito series, Guardian of the Spirit (精霊の守り人, Seirei no Moribito). The novel received the Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize[5] and the Sankei Children's Culture and Publishing award[6] and the English translation was awarded the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 2009.[7] In 1999, Uehashi published the second book of the Moribito series, Guardian of the Darkness (闇の守り人, Yami no Moribito). With this novel she received the Japanese Association of Writers for Children's award.[4] In 2002 The Guardian series won the Iwaya Sazanami literature award[4], and in 2003, Guardian of the God (神の守り人, Kami no Moribito) won another Japanese award from the Shogakukan publishing company.[8] Then, in 2003, Uehashi wrote the novel Beyond the Fox Whistle (狐笛のかなた, Koteki no Kanata), which received a Noma Children's Literature award.[9] In 2006 she wrote the two volume Kemono no Sōja (獣の奏者, lit. "The Beast Player"), which she complemented with two more volumes in 2009.

Both Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit and the first two volumes of Kemono no Sōja have had anime adaptations, in 2007[10] and 2009,[11] respectively. Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit has also been made into a radio drama[12] and Kemono no Sōja into a manga.[13]

In 2014 Uehashi was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for having made lasting contributions to children's literature.[14]

Works in English translation

Bibliography

The Guardian series

Main article: Moribito series
  • Novels
    1. Guardian of the Spirit (精霊の守り人, Seirei no Moribito), 1996
      • (ISBN 978-4-03-540150-6, 1996-07) (Bunko ISBN 978-4-10-130272-0)
    2. Guardian of the Darkness (闇の守り人, Yami no Moribito), 1999
      • (ISBN 978-4035402107, 1999-01) (Bunko ISBN 978-4-10-130273-7)
    3. Guardian of Dreams (夢の守り人, Yume no Moribito), 2000
      • (ISBN 978-4035402305, 2000–05) (Bunko ISBN 978-4-10-130273-7)
    4. Traveler of Void (虚空の旅人, Koku no Tabibito), 2001
      • (ISBN 978-4035402701)
    5. Guardian of the God: The Book of Coming (神の守り人 来訪編, Kami no Moribito: Raihō hen), 2003
      • (ISBN 978-4035402800)
    6. Guardian of the God: The Book of Returning (神の守り人 帰還編, Kami no Moribito: Kikan hen), 2003
      • (ISBN 978-4035402909)
    7. Traveler of the Indigo-Blue Road (蒼路の旅人, Sōro no Tabibito), 2005
      • (ISBN 978-4035403104)
    8. Guardian of Heaven and Earth: The Kingdom of Lota (天と地の守り人 ロタ王国編, Ten to Chi no Moribito: Rota ōkoku hen), 2006
      • (ISBN 978-4035403203)
    9. Guardian of Heaven and Earth: The Kingdom of Kanbal (天と地の守り人 カンバル王国編, Ten to Chi no Moribito: Kanbaru ōkoku hen), 2007
      • (ISBN 978-4035403302)
    10. Guardian of Heaven and Earth: The New Yogo Empire (天と地の守り人 新ヨゴ皇国編, Ten to Chi no Moribito: Shin Yogo ōkoku hen), 2007
      • (ISBN 978-4035403401)
  • Short story collections
    • Wanderers (流れ行く者, Nagare yuku mono), 2008 (ISBN 978-4035403609)
    • Enro o yuku mono (炎路を行く者), 2012 (ISBN 978-4035403807)

The Beast Player series

Main article: Kemono no Sōja
  • Novels
    1. The Beast Player I: The Fighting Serpent Chapter (獣の奏者 I 闘蛇編, Kemono no Sōja Ichi: Tōda hen), 2006 (ISBN 978-4062137010)
    2. The Beast Player II: The King Beast Chapter (獣の奏者 II 王獣編, Kemono no Sōja Ni: Ōjū hen), 2006 (ISBN 978-4062137003)
    3. The Beast Player III: The Quest Chapter (獣の奏者 III 探求編, Kemono no Sōja San: Tankyū hen), 2009(ISBN 978-4062156325)
    4. The Beast Player IV: The Final Chapter (獣の奏者 IV 完結編, Kemono no Sōja Yon: Kanketsu hen), 2009 (ISBN 978-4062156332)
  • Short story collection
    • Kemono no Sōja Gaiden: Setsuna (獣の奏者 外伝 刹那), 2010 (ISBN 978-4-06-216439-9)

Standalone fantasy novels

  • The Sacred Tree (精霊の木, Seirei no Ki), 1989
In the far future, when the earth was completely polluted and people could no longer live on it, human beings spread out onto other planets. For the Planet Nira, where Shin Yamano lives, it's the 200th anniversary since humans first settled on it. But something is wrong. Shin's cousin Licia suddenly awakens to the ESP-like ability of the Roshnars, an aboriginal tribe of Nira that was said to have been extinct ages ago....
  • O God, Sleep Ye in the Forest of Moon (月の森にカミよ眠れ, Tsuki no Mori ni Kami yo Nemure), 1991
Torn between the love of the god of the Moon Forest and the need of her tribe to kill the very same god, the young oracle girl Kishime is distressed. Her tribe talks of killing the god and felling the sacred forest for rich harvest. But should she listen to the urgent needs of her tribe, or should she fulfill her duty as the oracle of the god of the forest?
  • Beyond the Fox Whistle (狐笛のかなた, Koteki no Kanata), 2003
The young girl, Sayo has inherited the ability of "hearing" people's minds from her mother. In her childhood, she had once saved a fox cub from some hunter's hounds. But that fox was a werefox that lives between the world of the gods and this world, owned by human, sent to kill a lord. Despite her will, Sayo is dragged into the ugly fight between two countries...

Ethnology

  • The Backyard Aborigines (隣のアボリジニ, Tonari no Aborijini), 2000
Uehashi's only book as an ethnologist. About Aborigines who live in town, with the white-skinned Australians. When you first look at them, these people seem to have no difference from the white Australians, but something is different....

References

  1. ^ Lee, Daphne (16 August 2009). "Enter a mystical land". The Star. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  2. ^ "INTERVIEW 03: 上橋菜穂子氏 その経験が、かけがえのない宝物になる KAO KIDS 2G" (in Japanese). Kao Corporation. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "作家の読書道 第95回：上橋菜穂子さん" (in Japanese). WEB本の雑誌. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "過去の受賞作品 日本児童文学者協会ホームページ" (in Japanese). 日本児童文学者協会 (Japanese Association of Writers for Children). Retrieved March 26, 2014. Cite error: The named reference "jibunkyo" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ "野間児童文芸新人賞 (過去の受賞者一覧)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "産経児童出版文化賞 過去の授賞作品" (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  7. ^ http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/batchelderpast
  8. ^ "小学館児童出版文化賞" (in Japanese). The Foundation for the Advancement of Juvenile Education in Japan. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  9. ^ http://corp.kodansha.co.jp/award/archive/noma-jido-bungei.html
  10. ^ "精霊の守り人" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  11. ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-10-22/i.g-to-animate-ju-no-soja-novels-from-moribito-author
  12. ^ "NHKオーディオドラマ 青春アドベンチャー 放送済みの作品（2006年）" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  13. ^ http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/books/topics/kemono/
  14. ^ http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=1368

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