Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1959, influenced by his mother, he loved Japanese literature since childhood.

1977 after graduating from the Japanese literature department of Meiji University, she debuted as a cartoonist.

Later, she worked in Ginza and Roppongi as a public relations princess and occasionally as a model.

1985 "eyes during sex" won the 22nd literary and artistic award and became a member of the literary world.

1987 "Butterfly's Foot-binding" won the 6th Women's Literature Award.

Soul music that only lovers can hear won the 97th Naoki Award.

1988 "The Classroom Buried in the Wind" won the 17 Prince Lin Ping Literature Prize.

199 1 year, garbage won the 30th Women's Literature Award.

1996 The Logic of the Beast won the Kyouka Izumi Prize.

1989 Marry a black American who is seven years younger than himself.

In 2000, A2Z was recognized by Yomiuri Shimbun.

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Payday. Happy new year

Gum kiss

The color of love

A2Z

Beast logic

4U- For you

Kneel down and lick my feet.

After-class notes

Soul music that couples can only hear.

Wind buried classroom

The look in the eyes during sex

waste

Records of award-winning works over the years

The Eyes During Making Love (1985) won the 22nd Literature and Art Award.

Butterfly's foot binding (1987) won the 6th Women's Literature Award.

Soul music (1987), which only lovers can hear, won the 97th Naoki Award.

The Classroom Buried in the Wind (1988) won the Prince Lin Ping Literature Prize 17.

Garbage (199 1) won the 30th Women's Literature Award.

The logic of the beast (1996) won the Kyouka Izumi Prize.

A2Z》(2000) was affirmed by Yomiuri Shimbun.

Seeing the name Yongmei Yamada, I believe many people will start to guess that the content is probably related to black people, sex and love. If you still think so after watching Payday? Happy day, you will know a different Amy Yamada.

Mr Yongmei Yamada is a black man born in new york. Because her mother-in-law is from the south, her in-laws chose to settle in the south after retirement, and then the Yamada couple often look forward to visiting. Soon, Mr. Wang also decided to settle in the south with his parents, so Yamada went to the south almost twice a year and stayed for a month or two.

Amy Yamada has always lived in an American city, so when she first came to the south, she was very surprised-it turned out that there would be such a completely different place in America. Because of the great influence, I had the idea of writing down the atmosphere of the southern air at that time. The size of the natural pattern makes Amy Yamada feel that these natural phenomena, whether storms or lightning, or the humidity of almost 100% in summer, must be the elements that breed the unique culture of the South. So even six or seven years ago, she had a strong motivation to write novels with this place as the background. After that, every time she went to the south, she would think about the content of the novel-not as a traveler, but as a traveler, completely integrated into this land, and waited until she became familiar with it and felt a little bored before she began to write.

Payday? Although the novel Happy Day is set in the United States, there is not even a Japanese. You may think that there are some gaps in content and theme that must be filled. In fact, it was possible to arrange supporting roles, but because it was set to be universal regardless of age and nationality from the beginning, Japanese people were not deliberately arranged to play. As far as Amy Yamada is concerned, New York and the southern United States are actually closer than the remote Japanese countryside, because there are relatives in the south; She said that if she was asked to go to the northeastern countryside of Japan, she would naturally set her background in the United States for fear that she was not suitable.

The novel took only half a year from the actual writing to the completion, but it went through a long brewing period in the middle. In fact, Amy Yamada wanted to start writing very early, but it was postponed because of the 9 1 1 incident. But there are many relevant fragments in the novel. Generally speaking, this novel is based on the event of 9 1 1, and its main writing motivation is to commemorate the event of 9 1 1, but it is not. Because the novel has set the theme from the beginning: first, the present tangible self actually comes from the past interpersonal relationship. Second, when we lose a interpersonal relationship, we actually need some strength to rebuild ourselves.

The book mentioned: "The death of an important relative can make the soul grow. This novel is actually the growth story of the whole family. What the author wants to convey is that no matter what age, as long as people are considerate and supportive. Like the father of twins, he is actually very sad, but because he is an adult, he has to hide it; It is precisely because of this that when there is an opportunity to brush away this layer of gloom in my heart, my family will gather deeper feelings because of their thoughtfulness.

The protagonist in the book is set at 17 years old, which is not what the author wants to express by age; It's just that 17 years old is the best age for love or friends to experience self-deconstruction for the first time and then give birth to a new one. Whether you can generate positive thoughts or motivation because of loss varies from person to person. It's just that my mood changes with the people around me. Amy Yamada believes that as long as you realize this, it is a kind of growth. What this book wants to convey is that with the above knowledge, you will accept everything in the face of reality and then take a big step forward actively.

As for Yongmei Yamada's age 17, according to myself, it is extremely difficult. Because of precocious personality, people around me now look bored, and most of them still think that "the bad teenagers who let people see through at a glance are too lame"; So in order to be cool, read books that others don't read or listen to unpopular music. And Amy Yamada seems to be under the influence of this, listen to the jazz, in fact, he is not too clear, he is also very confident about his literary talent.

No matter what age people read this novel, they will have their own feelings and voices. People the same age as Lubang or Harmony may imagine how they would face such a thing themselves. If you are a person who has experienced ups and downs in life, you may think of the past experiences of war when you were young ... Amy Yamada said that readers can get some pleasure after reading this novel, and they will think that "I wish I could read this novel at the age of seventeen", which will be her greatest happiness.

Yamada's writing habit of praising beauty-

Amy Yamada used to use a pen to climb the grid on the manuscript paper. According to her own statement, "writing a novel is a kind of physical labor, because some parts are written by reflex nerves, so you can't write it without looking at your own words to confirm it." The most surprising thing is that the words on the manuscript paper are said to be lovely circles!