Kisaki Satoko's literature: between life, religion and homeland

Kisako Satoko, winner of the 1984 Akutagawa Prize for her work Aogiri, has been marked since birth by the experience of crossing borders (ekkyô). Born in Manchuria, she returned to Japan at the end of the Second World War and spent her childhood in Takaoka (Toyama Prefecture). Her marriage gave her the opportunity to live in France and the United States. This rich experience was to shape her identity as a writer and strongly influence her works. The themes of life (seimei), religion (shûkyô) and homeland (furusato/kokyô), which run through all her work, are the main subjects of her literary oeuvre, woven through her cross-border experience. The talk will focus on Kisaki Satoko's writing in relation to this theme.

Speaker: Mrs. Izumi Masumi (Dôshisha University, Kyoto)

In Japanese:

「木崎さと子の文学-生命・宗教・故郷」*

1984年に「青桐」で芥川賞を受賞した木崎さと子は、彼女の人生の出発点から、いわゆる「越境」経験を経ている。満州に生まれ、敗戦後日本に戻り、日本の富山県高岡市で少女時代を過ごした後、結婚を機にフランスやアメリカに居住した。彼女の豊富な海外経験が、作家としての彼女を作り上げ、作品に多大な影響をもたらしている。木崎の作品に通底する生命、宗教、故郷というテーマは、彼女が「越境」を経ていく中で織り上げられていった文学的主題であった。本発表ではこの観点にもとづいて、木崎さと子の文学について論じたい。

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