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Kazumi Yumoto

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Kazumi Yumoto (湯本 香樹実, Yumoto Kazumi, born November 11, 1959) is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist.

Life and career

Yumoto was born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo College of Music. She began writing scripts for opera and became a writer for television and radio.[1] Her debut children's novel "The Friends" (1992) received the Newcomer Award from the Japan Children's Literature Association and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards in 1999.[2] It was adapted to a movie in 1994, directed by Shinji Sōmai. Kishibe no Tabi (Journey to the Shore), another of her books, was adapted to a film; directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, it won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2015 Cannes Festival.[3]

Selected works

1992- The Friends (夏の庭 The Friends)

1997- The Letters (Popura no aki (ポプラの秋)

2008- The Bear and the Wildcat Kuma to yamaneko (くまとやまねこ)

2010- Kisishibe no Tabi

References

  1. ^ "Kazumi Yumoto — internationales literaturfestival berlin". www.literaturfestival.com. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ^ Hirano, Cathy. "Eight Ways to Say You: The Challenges of Translation". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ^ Lee, Maggie; Lee, Maggie (2015-05-18). "Cannes Film Review: 'Journey to the Shore'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
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