Kyodo News reported on Tuesday that the prolific writer Shuntaro Tanikawa He died at the age of 92.
Tanigawa was born in Tokyo, his father is Japanese philosopher Tanigawa Tetsuzo. Shuntaro Tanikawa He started writing poetry when he was a teenager and published his first collection of poems. I’m not afraid of Gaode (Two Billion Light Years of Solitude), in 1952 when he was 20 years old.
Tanikawa provided lyrics for the trilogy’s theme song Osamu Tezuka Anime classic—— iron pellet atom (powerful atom or Astro Boy), Big Xand Phoenix – also Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibliof howl’s moving castle Movie. He also participated in the script creation of the play Phoenix: Dawn Chapter Movie.
The writer is famous for his poetry, translations and essays. his poetry collection Floating on the melancholy river Won the American Book Award in 1989. peanut comics and mother goose Nursery rhymes translated into Japanese.
His numerous honors include an award at the 75th Annual Awards Ceremony Japan Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast Culture Award, Zhongkun International Poetry Award, Norma Children’s Literature Award.
Source: Kyodo News Yashima Noriko
