was a Japanese writer and activist.
She won the 1973
Ramon Magsaysay Award
The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino: ''Gawad Ramon Magsaysay'') is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealis ...
, among the most prestigious awards in Asia, for publicizing writings about
Minamata disease
Minamata disease is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning. Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extrem ...
, which was extremely controversial at the time.
Select works
* ''Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease'' (1969) translated into English by Livia Monnet and into German by Ursula Graefe.
* ''Story of the Sea of Camellias'' (1976) translated into English by Livia Monnet
* ''Lake of Heaven'' (1997) translated into English by Bruce Allen.
* ''Anima no tori (Birds of Spirit)'' (1999)
* ''Shiranui: A Contemporary Noh Drama'' translated into English by Bruce Allen.
References
External links
Michiko Ishumure (sic) unesco.org via archive.org. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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1927 births
2018 deaths
Japanese environmentalists
Japanese women environmentalists
Japanese women activists
Japanese non-fiction writers
Japanese women writers
Minamata disease
Ramon Magsaysay Award winners
Writers from Kumamoto Prefecture
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