Speaker: Yonaha Keiko, Professor of Literature, Toyo Eiwa University

Please note that the lecture will be in Japanese without interpretation into English.

Specialist in contemporary Japanese literature, particularly women writers and writers from Okinawa, Yonaha will give us a critical overview of prominent young writers today, including the recent Akutagawa Prize winners. She will speak about so-called jun-bungaku novelists as well as those working in lighter genres, such as mysteries. She will discuss the recent trends in Japanese literature these authors represent and help us to see which writers might speak to readers in other languages.

Date: June 26, 2004 (Sat.)

Time: 3:00-5:00 P.M. (doors open at 2:00 P.M.)

Place: Tokyo-Azabudai Seminar House, Osaka Keizai Hoka Daigaku Bldg., 4th Fl.
1-11-15 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0041

Access: Kamiyacho Station, Hibiya Line, exit 1 (Tokyo Tower direction). See [url=https://www.swet.jp/ee_2023/images/uploads/pdf/maps/seminarhousew.gif]map[/url]

Fee: ¥1,000 for SWET and JAT members, ¥1,500 for non-members