Center for Japanese Studies Seminar Series

Ms. Fumiko Mori Halloran (Bilingual Writer, Pen Name: Miki Fujita) will talk about her first novel in English, Long Nights Alone, published for American readers last year. It is presented in the form of a diary by a young aristocratic woman in Kyoto during the Heian period.

The protagonist, Lady Bellflower, was married to a young aristocrat, but, at that time, aristocrats were entitled to multiple wives to ensure the continuation of their blood lines. Lady Bellflower wrote about her complicated relationship with her husband. Ms. Halloran's novel was inspired by The Gossamer Years (Kagero nikki), one of many masterpieces of Heian literature written by aristocratic women in Japan.

Ms. Halloran has written eight nonfiction works and one novel in Japanese, published in Tokyo, to describe American society for Japanese readers. One book, From the City of Washington, won the prestigious Oya Soichi Best Nonfiction Award.

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Center for Japanese Studies, 956-2665, cjs@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cjs/seminarseries.html#halloran

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