Sue Sumii

Japanese Novelist

Sue Sumii was born in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan on January 7th, 1902 and is the Japanese Novelist. At the age of 95, Sue Sumii biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 7, 1902
Nationality
Japan
Place of Birth
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Death Date
Jun 16, 1997 (age 95)
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Profession
Novelist, Writer
Sue Sumii Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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Sue Sumii Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
Haramoto Women's High School
Sue Sumii Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Shigeru Inuta (m.1921–d.1957)
Children
two sons, two daughters
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Sue Sumii Career

During the time with her husband and children, Sumii started writing short stories and publishing novels based on the lives of young people associated with nomin bungaku, or the agrarian literature movement. In 1954, her work for Yoake asaake (“Dawn-Daybreak”) was awarded the Mainichi Culture Prize.

In 1957, Sumii's husband died. In the following year, 1958, she began writing the first volume of the seven-part novel Hashi no nai kawa (橋のない川 "The River with No Bridge"), which focused on the fate of the discriminated Burakumin. Her work was first published in Buraku, the magazine of the Buraku Mondai Kenkyusho or Buraku Study Group. After its success, it was then published in hardcover in 1961.

Hashi no nai kawa has sold over eight million copies and has been turned into a film twice, one being the 1992 version directed by Yōichi Higashi. An English translated version, The River with No Bridge, was published in 1992., An Italian translation, Il fiume senza ponti, was published in 2016 by Atmosphere libri.

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