was a Japanese translator, best known for her translations of the works of modern
Russian literature. She translated ''A Golden Cloudlet Was Sleeping'' by
Anatoli Pristavkin (Japanese title ), ''The War Has Unfeminine Face'' and ''Zinc Boys'' by
Svetlana Aleksiyevich and ''The Second Chechen War'' by
Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (;, ; uk, Ганна Степанівна Політковська , 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian journalist and human rights activist, who reported on political events in Russia, in partic ...
in particular. Miura also translated into Russian by
Momoko Ishii.
Miura was an opponent of Russian military intervention in
Chechnya.
Miura was born in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, and died of
rectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...
on 13 December 2012, aged 64, at her home in Tokyo.
She was survived by her husband .
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Translators to Japanese
Translators from Russian
1947 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Japan
Deaths from colorectal cancer
20th-century Japanese translators