Michio Mado
Michio Mado (まど・みちお, Mado Michio; 16 November 1909 – 28 February 2014) was a Japanese poet. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1994 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature".
Michio Mado
- Full name
- 石田道雄.
- Born
- 1909. · Tokuyama.
- Died
- 2014. · Inagi.
- Nationality
- Japan and Empire of Japan.
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
- Fields
- children's.
- Education
- National Taipei University of Technology.
- Known for
- Zo san, The magic pocket and Ichinensei Ni Nattara.
- Honours
- Noma award for children's literature, Iwaya Sazanami Award, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Asahi Prize and Japan Art Academy Prize.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Michio Mado studied at National Taipei University of Technology. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are children's. Works named in the authority record are Zo san, The magic pocket and Ichinensei Ni Nattara. Distinctions recorded are Noma award for children's literature, Iwaya Sazanami Award, Hans Christian Andersen Award and Asahi Prize.
Mado was born as Michio Ishida in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi prefecture. During his childhood, he resided with his grandfather while his parents went to work in Taiwan. He later reunited with his family in Taiwan. He completed his education at the School of Industrial Instruction in Taipei and subsequently worked for the Office of the Governor-General. Mado died on February 28, 2014, at the age of 104.
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Michio Mado lived from 1909 to 2014 and was a writer and poet. Michio Mado was born in 1909 in Präfektur Yamaguchi. Michio Mado died in 2014.
Royal patronage
Royal patronage
Empress Michiko took a keen interest in Mado's works. She has been a fan of poetry. In June 2013, two collections of the poetry of Mado, which the Empress had been asked to translate into English in the early Heisei era, Rainbow: Niji and Eraser: Keshigomu, were published. Together with her previously published translations of Mado's poetry, including The Animals: Dobutsu-tachi, the publication of these new books means almost all the translations by the Empress of Mado's poems, which earned him the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994, are now published.
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1909
Michio Mado born at Tokuyama.
2014
Michio Mado died at Inagi.
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Tokuyama.
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Inagi.
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Awards
Noma Children's Literature Award for the collection of poems Tempura Piripiri (1968) Japanese Children's Literature Scholars Association Award for Shokubutsu no uta (1976) Iwaya Sazanami Literature Award (1981) The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Mado won the writing award in 1994.
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- 1."Hans Christian Andersen Awards". International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- 2."Michio Mado" (pp. 90–91, by Eva Glistrup). The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002. IBBY. Gyldendal. 2002. Hosted by Austrian Literature Online. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- 3.Asahi Shimbun.
- 4.Press Conference on the occasion of Her Majesty's Birthday (Written Answers) (2013).
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