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July 8, 2024

Reminder: FCCJ Book Break. June 27. 18:00. Hiromi Ito (伊藤比呂美), author of "The Thorn Puller (とげ抜き 新巣鴨地蔵縁起)"

From: FCCJ LIBRARY <library@fccj.or.jp>
Date: 2024/06/14

Reminder: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)  is pleased to announce the upcoming Book Break event on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

Book Break: Hiromi Ito (伊藤比呂美), author of "The Thorn Puller (とげ抜き  新巣鴨地蔵縁起)"
Thursday, June 27, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
日本語の告知文が英文の下に続きます。

(The author will discuss her book in English and Japanese with English interpretation by Jeffrey Angles, the translator of the book, and take questions during this dinner event.)      

Venue:
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
5F Marunouchi Nijubashi Building
3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
(https://www.fccj.or.jp/article/access-contact)
                       
https://www.fccj.or.jp/event/book-break-hiromi-ito-yitengbilumei-author-thorn-puller-tokebaki-xinchaoyadezangyuanqi

Described as a "shaman of poetry," poet, author and essayist Hiromi Ito, is a leading figure in the Japanese literary scene. Critics have described her skills as "allowing the voices of others to flow through her," while noting that her literary vision is drawn on Japanese folklore, poetry, literature and pop culture. In the 1980s, Ito has gained a reputation for her strong feminist writing based on unflinching honesty about female sexuality, pregnancy and motherhood. After her divorce in Japan, Ito moved to the United States with her children, continuing to write and producing an impressive body of literary work. Now in her sixties, the author has moved back to Kumamoto. Her books have been translated into English, German, Norwegian, Chinese, Korean, Swedish and Polish. Translations are in progress for editions in Danish and Spanish.

Ito will discuss The Thorn Puller, a novel published by Kodansha in 2007 that won the Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize for best work in modern poetry and Murasaki Shikibu Prize for the best work in literature written by a woman. It was translated into English in 2022. (Publisher: Stone Bridge Press.) The narrative is semi-autobiographical and written in alternating prose and poetry.  

At the book break, she will read her poems and discuss her writing. She will be accompanied by Jeffrey Angles, who has won awards for his translations and poetry (Yomiuri Literature Prize by わたしの日付変更線  written in Japanese).

Doors open at 6:00 pm. Dinner is served from 6:15 pm. The presentation starts at 7:15 pm.

Dinner includes coffee or tea and one other beverage. Choices are orange juice, oolong tea, white wine, red wine or beer. 3,000 yen for members, 4,000 yen for non-members.

Cancellations accepted up to 72 hours before the event. Please reserve at the reception desk or by email (front@fccj.or.jp). Non-members must pay by Monday, June 24th, 2024.

Online attendance (via Zoom) is available at 550 yen per person, by reservation.

Attendees with food restrictions should inform the club when reserving.

Thank you.

             
(夕食付きイベント。スピーチ・質疑応答の一部で、翻訳者ジェフリー・アングルス 氏による通訳あり)      

「詩のシャーマン」と評され、詩人、作家、そしてエッセイストの伊藤比呂美は、日本の文学界で重要な位置を占める。その文学のビジョンは、日本の民話や詩歌、文学、ポップカルチャーから生まれ、「自身を通じて他者の声を紡ぎ出す」技量と評される。1980年代、伊藤は女性のセクシュアリティ、妊娠、母性を通じ、臆さない率直さで執筆した力強いフェミニズムの作品で高い評価を得た。日本での離婚後、子供たちと移住した米国で執筆を続け、印象的な一連の文学作品を生み出す。60歳代になった今は、熊本県に在住。著作は英語、ドイツ語、ノルウェー語、中国語、韓国語、スウェーデン語、ポーランド語に翻訳されたほか、デンマーク語、スペイン語版も出版予定。

Book Breakでは、2007年に講談社から出版された『とげ抜き 新巣鴨地蔵縁起』の英訳版について語る。同著は散文と詩が交互に記された半自伝で、2008年、現代詩における最も優れた作品に贈られる「萩原朔太郎賞」、そして、女性作家による最も優れた日本語の文芸作品・文学研究に贈られる「紫式部文学賞」を受賞している。英訳版『The Thorn Puller』は2022年、Stone Bridge Pressから出版された。

詩の朗読のほか、自身の執筆活動についても語る。日本語詩集『わたしの日付変更線』で読売文学賞を受賞し、翻訳・詩作品で受賞歴のあるジェフリー・アングルス氏とともに登壇予定。
                                                                      

午後6時           開場
午後6時15分頃~  お食事のサービング開始
午後7時15分      開会
午後8時半          閉会

お食事のメニュー:未定(サラダ、メインディッシュ、パン、デザート、コーヒーまたは紅茶、ドリンク1杯)。
料金(一人):3,000円/4,000円/550円(会員/一般/オンライン)。

一般の方のご予約はメールで受け付けます(front@fccj.or.jp)。お支払いは6月24日(月)までにお願いいたします。

キャンセルの受付は6月24日(日)午後6時まで。

アレルギー等の理由でお召し上がりになれない食材がございましたら開催日3日前までにフロントにお知らせください。

Library, Archives & Workroom Committee
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)
https://www.fccj.or.jp/

Approved by ssjmod at 05:35 PM