Eiko Kadono

Eiko Kadono (è§'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.

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, based on her experience at that time, about a Brazilian boy who loves dancing samba. This was her maiden work, but it was not published until 1970.

Most of her works are books for children. Her first successful children's book, published Ã"dorabô Bula Bula shi (The Robber Bla-Bla), was published in 1981. In 1985, she published the children's novel Majo no TakkyÅ«bin (é­"女の宅急便), which was later adapted into the Hayao Miyazaki animated film with the same title. Both the novel and the film are known by the English title Kiki's Delivery Service. The book was awarded the Noma Children's Literature Price, and she followed on this success with five sequels in the same series.

In Kiki's Delivery Service, Kiki, a young witch-in-training, and her talking cat fly away to live in the seaside town of Koriko. After starting a delivery service using her broom as the delivery vehicle, Kiki must learn how to deal with life.

Literary works

• Aku Ingin Makan Spageti (1979)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (é­"女の宅急便, Majo no TakkyÅ«bin, lit. Witch's Express Home Delivery) (1985)
• Grandpa's Soup (1989)
• Majo no TakkyÅ«bin 2: Kiki to Atarashii Mahō (é­"女の宅急便その2 キキと新しいé­"法, Witch's Express Home Delivery 2: Kiki and Her New Magic) (1993)
• Majo no TakkyÅ«bin 3: Kiki to mō Hitori no Majo (é­"女の宅急便その3 キキともうひとりのé­"女, Witch's Express Home Delivery 3: Kiki and the Other Witch) (2000)
• Majo no TakkyÅ«bin 4: Kiki no Koi (é­"女の宅急便その4 キキの恋, Witch's Express Home Delivery 4: Kiki's Love) (2004)
• Sarada De Genki (2005)
• Majo no TakkyÅ«bin 5: Mahō no Tomarigi (é­"女の宅急便その5 é­"法の止まり木, Witch's Express Home Delivery 5: Perch of Magic) (2007)
• Majo no TakkyÅ«bin 6: Sorezore no Tabidachi (é­"女の宅急便その6 それぞれの旅立ち, Witch's Express Home Delivery 6: Each and Every Departure) (2009)

References

External links

• Eiko Kadono's Official website
• J'Lit | Authors : Eiko Kadono | Books from Japan (English)