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Kyoko Matsuoka
Kyoko Matsuoka (March 12, 1935 – January 25, 2022; ) was a Japanese librarian, translator, and expert in children's literature. She is known for her own children's books, of which she wrote more than 200 in her lifetime, as well as translations of works for young readers, particularly her translation of the classic '' Paddington Bear'' series''.'' After working at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, and the , she founded the Matsunomi Bunko, a private children's library. When Matsunomi and three other libraries joined to form the in 1974, she became founding director of the organization. She remained honorary chair of the library until her death in 2022. In 2021, she was designated a Person of Cultural Merit. Early life and education Kyoko Matsuoka was born in Kobe, in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture, in 1935. Her parents had moved from Wakayama Prefecture to Kobe, where her father worked for a steamship company. After graduating from Hyogo Prefectural Kob ...
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is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko. Possible writings The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings. *恭, "respectful," *京, "of the city or of the capital," *今日, "of today," *杏, "apricot," *鏡, "mirror," *響, "echo", "influential" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name * Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer * Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist *Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox * Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer *Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler * Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress * Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author * Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voi ...
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Momoko Ishii
was a distinguished Japanese writer and translator of children's books. She was the first member of the Japanese Art Academy from the field of children's literature. Biography Ishii was born in Urawa, Saitama, and graduated from the Japan Women's University with an English literature degree in 1928. While working as an editor at Iwanami Shoten Publishers, she decided to become a children's writer after reading '' Winnie-the-Pooh'' by English author A. A. Milne, which she translated in 1940. Her first book as an author, ''Non-chan kumo ni noru'' (Non-chan rides on a cloud) was published in 1947; a best-seller, it was made into a movie in 1955. All told, she published nineteen books of her own and 120 translations for children. In 1958, she started a library for children called "Katsura bunko" in her own house. She was awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts fundi ...
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