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Nankichi Niimi

新美南吉 1913-07-30 – 1943-03-22 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, as Niimi Shōhachi. Graduated from the English Department of Tokyo School of Foreign Languages. As a disciple of Suzuki Miekichi, he contributed fairy tales to "Akai Tori". His masterpieces include "Gon the Fox" (Gon Gitsune), "Buying Mittens" (Tebukuro o Kai ni), "Grandfather's Lamp" (Ojīsan no Ranpu), and "The Village of Flowering Trees and Thieves" (Hana no Ki Mura to Nusubitotachi). He died young of tuberculosis at 29.

Literary Schools / Movements

児童文学

Publication Venues (4 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (113 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 椋の実の思出 (Muku no Mi No) (1928)
  • 海から帰る日 (Umi kara Kaeru Hi) (1931)
  • ひかる (Hikaru) (1931)
  • 正坊とクロ (Sei Bō to Kuro) (1931)
  • 月から (Tsuki Kara) (1931)
  • 一れつ (Ichi Retsu) (1931)
  • 深呼吸 (Shinkokyū) (1931)
  • デパートの窓 (Depāto no Mado) (1931)
  • お月さまを (O Tsuki Sama O) (1931)
  • ごん狐 (Gon, the Little Fox) (1932)
  • どらが鳴る (Dora ga Naru) (1932)
  • ひなた (Hina Ta) (1932)
  • のら犬 (Norainu) (1932)
  • 月の角笛 (Tsuki no Tsunobue) (1932)
  • そりとランターン (Sori to Ran Tān) (1932)
  • 乳母車 (Ubaguruma) (1932)
  • よい家 (Yoi Ie) (1932)
  • 井戸 (Ido) (1932)
  • 熊 (Kuma) (1932)
  • 苔人形 (Koke Ningyō) (1932)
  • 明日 (Ashita) (1932)
  • ごろぜみ (Goro ze Mi) (1932)
  • りんごの車 (Ringo no Kuruma) (1932)
  • 島 (Shima) (1932)
  • カンテラ (Kantera) (1933)
  • 光 (Hikari) (1933)
  • 輪まはし (Wa Ma Hashi) (1933)
  • 仔牛 (Kōshi) (1935)
  • 雀の歌 (Suzume no Uta) (1935)
  • 沼の家 (Numa no Ie) (1935)

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