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Yōko Sano
Yōko Sano (Japanese: 佐野洋子; 28 June 1938 – 5 November 2010) was a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's books.
She is most well known for her 1977 book The Cat that Lived a Million Times. For her literary contributions, Sano was awarded the Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon in 2003 by the Emperor of Japan. She has also written essays, children's literature, screenplays, novels, and translated foreign picture books.
Yōko Sano was born in Beijing, China, on June 28, 1938, as the eldest daughter of seven children. When she was seven years old, her family moved to Dalian, China. Her father worked for the Mancuria Railway Research Department. In 1947 after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Sano's family returned to Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, where she initially stayed with her paternal uncle.
In 1942, she lost her third brother (who was 33 days old), and in 1947, her fourth brother (who was 4 years old), and in 1948, she lost her beloved older brother (aged 11). In 1958, Sano lost her father, Toshikazu (51 years old at the time of death). Sano's later writing style was said to be influenced by these losses, as well as by her strained relationship with her mother, Shizu.
Sano moved to Shizuoka City, Japan in 1950, and then to Shimizu in 1952. In 1958, the same year that she lost her father, Sano began attending Musashino Art University. Her classmates included Kōga Hirano and Kazuo Kamimura.
In 1962, after graduation, Sano joined an advertising company as a designer and illustrator. Around this time, she got married for the first time, eventually divorcing her first husband in 1980.
In the winter of 1966, Sano traveled to Europe and studied lithography at the Berlin School of Design for six months. She returned to Japan in 1968, and her eldest son, illustrator and painter Gen Hirose, was born later that year.
In 1990, she married the poet Shuntarō Tanikawa, and collaborated with him on his poetry volume Onni Ni, which she illustrated. They divorced in 1996.
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Yōko Sano
Yōko Sano (Japanese: 佐野洋子; 28 June 1938 – 5 November 2010) was a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's books.
She is most well known for her 1977 book The Cat that Lived a Million Times. For her literary contributions, Sano was awarded the Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon in 2003 by the Emperor of Japan. She has also written essays, children's literature, screenplays, novels, and translated foreign picture books.
Yōko Sano was born in Beijing, China, on June 28, 1938, as the eldest daughter of seven children. When she was seven years old, her family moved to Dalian, China. Her father worked for the Mancuria Railway Research Department. In 1947 after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Sano's family returned to Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, where she initially stayed with her paternal uncle.
In 1942, she lost her third brother (who was 33 days old), and in 1947, her fourth brother (who was 4 years old), and in 1948, she lost her beloved older brother (aged 11). In 1958, Sano lost her father, Toshikazu (51 years old at the time of death). Sano's later writing style was said to be influenced by these losses, as well as by her strained relationship with her mother, Shizu.
Sano moved to Shizuoka City, Japan in 1950, and then to Shimizu in 1952. In 1958, the same year that she lost her father, Sano began attending Musashino Art University. Her classmates included Kōga Hirano and Kazuo Kamimura.
In 1962, after graduation, Sano joined an advertising company as a designer and illustrator. Around this time, she got married for the first time, eventually divorcing her first husband in 1980.
In the winter of 1966, Sano traveled to Europe and studied lithography at the Berlin School of Design for six months. She returned to Japan in 1968, and her eldest son, illustrator and painter Gen Hirose, was born later that year.
In 1990, she married the poet Shuntarō Tanikawa, and collaborated with him on his poetry volume Onni Ni, which she illustrated. They divorced in 1996.