Yu Miri (born June 22, 1968) is a Zainichi Korean playwright,
novelist, and essayist. Yu writes in Japanese, her native language,
but is a citizen of South Korea.Yu was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa
Prefecture, Japan, to Korean parents. After dropping out of the
Kanagawa Kyoritsu Gakuen high school, she joined the Tokyo Kid
Brothers (æ ±äº¬ã‚ッドブラザース) theater troupe and worked as
an actress and assistant director. In 1986, she formed a troupe called
Seishun GogetsutÅ (é '春äº"月党), and the first of several plays
written by her was published in 1991.In the early 1990s, Yu switched
to writing prose. Her novels include Furu Hausu (フルムウス,
"Full House", 1996), which won the Noma literary prize for best work
by a new author; Kazoku Shinema (å®¶æ— ã‚·ãƒ ãƒž, "Family Cinema,"
1997), which won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize; GÅ rudo Rasshu
(ゴールドラッシュ, "Gold Rush" 1998), which was translated
into English as Gold Rush (2002); and Hachi-gatsu no Hate
(8月㠮果㠦, "The End of August," 2004). She has published a dozen
books of essays and memoirs, and she was an editor of and contributor
to the literary quarterly "en-taxi ". Her best-selling memoir Inochi
(å'½, "Life") was made into a movie, also titled Inochi.Yu's first
novel, a semiautobiographical work titled Ishi ni Oyogu Sakana
(石㠫泳ã éš, "The Fish Swimming in the Stone") published in the
September 1994 issue of the literary journal ShinchÅ , became the
focus of a legal and ethical controversy. The model for one of the
novel's main charactersâ€"and the person referred to indirectly by the
titleâ€"objected to her depiction in the story. The publication of the
novel in book form was blocked by court order, and some libraries
restricted access to the magazine version. After a prolonged legal
fight and widespread debate over the rights of authors, readers, and
publishers versus individuals' rights to privacy, a revised version of
the novel was published in 2002.
novelist, and essayist. Yu writes in Japanese, her native language,
but is a citizen of South Korea.Yu was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa
Prefecture, Japan, to Korean parents. After dropping out of the
Kanagawa Kyoritsu Gakuen high school, she joined the Tokyo Kid
Brothers (æ ±äº¬ã‚ッドブラザース) theater troupe and worked as
an actress and assistant director. In 1986, she formed a troupe called
Seishun GogetsutÅ (é '春äº"月党), and the first of several plays
written by her was published in 1991.In the early 1990s, Yu switched
to writing prose. Her novels include Furu Hausu (フルムウス,
"Full House", 1996), which won the Noma literary prize for best work
by a new author; Kazoku Shinema (å®¶æ— ã‚·ãƒ ãƒž, "Family Cinema,"
1997), which won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize; GÅ rudo Rasshu
(ゴールドラッシュ, "Gold Rush" 1998), which was translated
into English as Gold Rush (2002); and Hachi-gatsu no Hate
(8月㠮果㠦, "The End of August," 2004). She has published a dozen
books of essays and memoirs, and she was an editor of and contributor
to the literary quarterly "en-taxi ". Her best-selling memoir Inochi
(å'½, "Life") was made into a movie, also titled Inochi.Yu's first
novel, a semiautobiographical work titled Ishi ni Oyogu Sakana
(石㠫泳ã éš, "The Fish Swimming in the Stone") published in the
September 1994 issue of the literary journal ShinchÅ , became the
focus of a legal and ethical controversy. The model for one of the
novel's main charactersâ€"and the person referred to indirectly by the
titleâ€"objected to her depiction in the story. The publication of the
novel in book form was blocked by court order, and some libraries
restricted access to the magazine version. After a prolonged legal
fight and widespread debate over the rights of authors, readers, and
publishers versus individuals' rights to privacy, a revised version of
the novel was published in 2002.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.