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Tsuboi Sakae Works Collection Part 2
Includes "Radish leaves"（大根の葉）
Sakae Tsuboi (壺井 栄, Tsuboi Sakae, 5 August 1899 – 23 June 1967) was a Japanese novelist and poet.
A writer who was active mainly in the fields of general novels and children's literature (children's stories).
In 1938, she published her first work, "Daikon no Ha" (Radish Leaves). Since then, she has published over 300 works, including "Kyomi" (Calendar), "Hatsu Tabi" (First Journey), and "Motherless Child and Childless Mother," and has received the Shincho Literature Prize, the Children's Literature Prize, the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize, and the Women's Literature Prize.
In particular, "Twenty-Four Eyes," which was made into a film by director Kinoshita Keisuke in 1954, became an instant hit and marked the beginning of today's booming tourism in Shodoshima.
"Twenty-Four Eyes" is a novel published seven years after the end of World War II, and author Tsuboi Sakae, as someone who lived through wartime, describes the many hardships and tragedies that the war brought to ordinary people.
Including "Twenty-Four Eyes," the novel has been adapted into film 11 times in two movies, eight TV dramas, and one TV anime.
On June 6, 1967, just before her death, she was appointed an honorary citizen of Shodoshima Town, and on the 23rd of the same month, she died in Tokyo at the age of 67.
Sakae Tsuboi (壺井 栄, Tsuboi Sakae, 5 August 1899 – 23 June 1967) was a Japanese novelist and poet.
A writer who was active mainly in the fields of general novels and children's literature (children's stories).
In 1938, she published her first work, "Daikon no Ha" (Radish Leaves). Since then, she has published over 300 works, including "Kyomi" (Calendar), "Hatsu Tabi" (First Journey), and "Motherless Child and Childless Mother," and has received the Shincho Literature Prize, the Children's Literature Prize, the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize, and the Women's Literature Prize.
In particular, "Twenty-Four Eyes," which was made into a film by director Kinoshita Keisuke in 1954, became an instant hit and marked the beginning of today's booming tourism in Shodoshima.
"Twenty-Four Eyes" is a novel published seven years after the end of World War II, and author Tsuboi Sakae, as someone who lived through wartime, describes the many hardships and tragedies that the war brought to ordinary people.
Including "Twenty-Four Eyes," the novel has been adapted into film 11 times in two movies, eight TV dramas, and one TV anime.
On June 6, 1967, just before her death, she was appointed an honorary citizen of Shodoshima Town, and on the 23rd of the same month, she died in Tokyo at the age of 67.
41 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 6, 2024
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