Michiko Inukai
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Michiko Inukai | |
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Born | Yotsuya, Tokyo | 20 April 1921
Died | 24 July 2017 | (aged 96)
Occupation | Author |
Period | 1958–2006 |
Spouse |
Jorge Arantes (m. 1992–1995)Neil Murray (m. 2001–2017) |
Parents | Takeru Inukai (father) |
Relatives | Tsuyoshi Inukai (grandfather) Kazu Ando (half-sister) Sadako Ogata (cousin) |
Michiko Inukai (犬養 道子, Inukai Michiko, 20 April 1921 – 24 July 2017) was a Japanese Roman Catholic author and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Michiko Inukai Foundation, which provides financial aid for refugees seeking education.
Biography
Michiko Inukai was born in Yotsuya, Tokyo, the eldest daughter of a politician Takeru Inukai and his wife Nakako. Her paternal grandfather was Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai. She had a younger brother Yasuhiko Inukai, a journalist who later became president of Kyodo News,[1] and a half-sister Kazu Ando, an essayist. Sadako Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is Michiko's first cousin once removed.
Having graduated from Gakushuin Girls' School and Tsuda College, Michiko Inukai went to study philosophy in Boston, Massachusetts in 1948. In 1959, she was sent to Europe as a correspondent for Chuokoronsha.
Her first book Ojosan Horoki was published in 1958,[1] and she has since written essays about the Bible and Christianity. Her bestseller Hanabana to Hoshiboshi to was featured in a TV drama in 1978.
Inukai started charity in 1979. In 1983, she founded the Michiko Inukai Foundation to provide aid for refugees and internally displaced people in collaboration with the Jesuit Refugee Service. The foundation also manages a computer school in Romania.
Works
- Ojosan Horoki, 1958
- Onna ga Soto ni Deru Toki, 1964
- Watashi no Amerika (My America), 1966
- Hanabana to Hoshiboshi to, 1970
- Shin'yaku Seisho Monogatari (New Testament Stories), 1976
- Kyuyaku Seisho Monogatari (Old Testament Stories), 1977
- Kawaku Daichi - Ningen no Daichi, 1989
- Aru Rekishi no Musume, 1995
- Seisho o Tabisuru, 1996
- Josei e no Junana no Tegami (Seventeen Letters for Women), 1998
- Mirai kara no Kako, 2001
- Kokoro no Zahyojiku, 2006
References
- 犬養道子基金とは. Yomiuri Shimbun morning edition (in Japanese). 2007-05-02. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- 秋期キリスト教教育強調週間特別講演会 (in Japanese). Rakuno Gakuen University. 2002. Archived from the original on 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Michiko Inukai, author, philanthropist and granddaughter of former PM, dies at 96". The Japan Times. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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- Michiko Inukai Foundation (in Japanese)
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