Eiko Kadono

Eiko Kadono
Native name 角野 栄子
Born January 1, 1935 (age 82)
Tokyo, Japan
Notable works Kiki's Delivery Service

Eiko Kadono (角野 栄子, Kadono Eiko) Eiko Watanabe (渡辺英子, Watanabe Eiko, born January 1, 1935) is a Japanese author of children's literature, picture books, non-fiction, and essays in Shōwa and Heisei period in Japan. Her most famous work Kiki's Delivery Service, released in 1985, was made into an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, and spawned a series of sequel novels.

Biography

Kadono was born in Tokyo, Japan, and attended the Nihon Fukushi University in Aichi Prefecture, followed by a degree in English literature from Waseda University. After graduation in 1960 at the age of 25, she emigrated to Brazil where she spent two years. She wrote a non-fiction story called Brazil and My Friend Luizinho (Ruijinnyo shōnen, Burajiru o tazunete), based on her experience at that time, about a Brazilian boy who loves dancing samba. Brazil was released in 1970.[1]

Most of her works are books for children. Her first successful children's book, published Ôdorabô Bula Bula shi (The Robber Bla-Bla), was published in 1981.[2] In 1985, she published the children's novel Majo no Takkyūbin (魔女の宅急便, Kiki's Delivery Service), about a young witch-in-training who starts a delivery service in a seaside town of Koriko. The book received several awards, including the Noma Prize for Children’s Literature, the Shogakukan Children’s Publication Culture Award, and the IBBY Honor List.[1] It was adapted into a film by Hayao Miyazaki in 1989 and became arguably one of his most popular films.[3] The book was also adapted into a live-action film in 2014 directed by Takashi Shimizu of The Grudge fame.[4] She has written five sequels for Kiki's.[5][6]

Works

Kiki's Delivery Service novels
Other works

References

  1. 1 2 "J'Lit - Authors : Eiko Kadono - Books from Japan". booksfromjapan.jp. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. Hunt, Peter; Ray, Sheila G. Bannister (1996). "Japan". International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. 1 (1 ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 841. ISBN 0-415-08856-9.
  3. IGN Movies (5 August 2014). "The Top 10 Miyazaki Movies". IGN. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. Maggie Lee. "‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Review: Stick to Miyazaki - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. ""Kiki's Delivery Service" (the book) is a pretty magical read". jimhillmedia.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. Casey Baseel (3 March 2014). "Our impressions from the live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service film - RocketNews24". RocketNews24. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  7. "Children's Book Review: Grandpa's Soup by Eiko Kadono". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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