Aki Shimazaki
Illustration — Aki Shimazaki Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French.
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Aki Shimazaki
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- 1954 · Gifu.
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- Canada
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- linguist · translator · novelist · writer
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- literature
- Honours
- Governor General's Literary Awards · prix Hervé-Foulon
- Languages
- French · Japanese
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Illustration — Aki Shimazaki Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French.
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Her second novel, Hamaguri, won the Prix Ringuet in 2000. Her fourth, Wasurenagusa, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2002. Her fifth, Hotaru, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction. Her books have been translated in English, Japanese, German, Hungarian, Italian and Russian.
Pentalogy "Le poids des secrets": • Tsubaki, 1999 • Hamaguri, 2000 • Tsubame, 2001 • Wasurenagusa, 2002 • Hotaru, 2005 Pentalogy "Au coeur du Yamato": • Mitsuba, 2006 • Zakuro, 2008 • Tonbo, 2010 • Tsukushi, 2012 • Yamabuki, 2013 Pentalogy "L'ombre du chardon": • Azami, 2014 • Hôzuki, 2015 • Suisen, 2016 • Fuki-no-tô, 2017 • Maïmaï, 2018 Pentalogy "Une clochette sans battant": • Suzuran, 2019 • Sémi, 2021 • No-no-yuri, 2022 • Niré, 2023 • Urushi, 2024 In progress: • Ajisaï, 2025
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- 1.Gilles Dupuis. Shimazaki, Aki [Gifu 1954]. Dictionnaire universel des créatrices. Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque et Mireille Calle-Gruber (dir.). Éditions Des femmes. 2013. 3974.
- 2.Aki SHIMAZAKI. voixauchapitre.com.
- 3.Gladys Marivat. Aki Shimazaki la constance de la romancière. Lire, magazine littéraire. Mai 2021. 52-55.
- 4.Jean-François Schwab. L’élégance cachottière de l’escargot. Le Temps (quotidien suisse) Le Temps. 2019-04-07. 1423-3967 lire en.
- 5.Linda Amyot. Ce qu'on ne peut pas dire. Nuit blanche. 108. 44-49. Automne 2007.
- 6.Urushi, d’Aki Shimazaki : les siens comme une constellation cubiste. Le Monde. 2024.
- 7.Aki Shimazaki, the Chronicler of Inconvenient Aspects of Japanese Society. Royal Holloway, University of London PhD French. 2020.
- 8.Aki Shimazaki: la méthode Shimazaki. La Presse. 2025.
- 9.Lise Schaller. Un univers japonais sans surprise. La Liberté. 17.07.2018.
- 10.Laurence Houot. Maïmaï, le dernier roman d'Aki Shimazaki, reine de la pentalogie. France Info. 2019-04-24.
- 11.Suzuran, d’Aki Shimazaki. Télérama. 2023.
- 12.Les brèves critiques du Monde des livres#Roman. Sémi, d’Aki Shimazaki. Le Monde. 2021.
- 13.Aki Shimazaki, Niré. Libération. 2023.
- 14.Juliette. Einhorn. « Ajisaï », d’Aki Shimazaki : la muse mystérieuse. Le Monde. 2025-07-01. 2025-07-02. payant.
- 15.No-no-yuri Actes Sud. www.actes-sud.fr.
- 16.Patrick Bilodeau. Aki Shimazaki remporte le prix Hervé-Foulon pour son roman Tsubaki. revue.leslibraires.ca. 26 août 2021.
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