While worked as Japanese language teacher in Riga, studied and got the master of Latvian literature at University of Latvia. The author of two essays "Latvia through foliage" and "Latvian breeze". Translated Lūcija Garūta's cantata "God, my land is burning!", Maruta Grasmane's "Latvian Mittens" and Jānis Einfelds's "Askoldīne". Co-writer of several volumes about Latvia and the North-Europe and a participant for EU literature festival in Tokyo.
The translators’ assembly shares ideas and practical advice // Baltics News, May 2023 [EN]
Kurosawa Ayumi. Introduction to Latvian literature // Eubungaku, 2023 [JP]
ソビエト・ミルク
ソビエト・ミルク (Mātes piens)
Title
: ソビエト・ミルクTitle*
: Mātes piensAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Japanese
Publisher
:Shinhyoron Publishing, Japan
Pages
:268
Year
:2019
Copyrights
:The author, the publisher, the translator
Synopsis
:This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character tries to follow her calling as a doctor. But then the state steps in. Banished to a village, her sense of isolation increases.
Dansu shoes de yuki no siberia e-----aru ratobiajin kazoku no monogatari
Dansu shoes de yuki no siberia e-----aru ratobiajin kazoku no monogatari (Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegos)
Title
: Dansu shoes de yuki no siberia e-----aru ratobiajin kazoku no monogatariTitle*
: Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegosAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Japanese
Publisher
:Shinhyoron Publishing, Japan
Pages
:408
Year
:2014
Synopsis
:It is a moving and eloquent testimony to her family and to the Latvian nation—to their shared fate during more than fifty years of occupation.
キオスク
キオスク (Kiosks)
Title
: キオスクTitle*
: KiosksAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:Japanese
Publisher
:Ushio Publishing
Pages
:38
Year
:2021
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:It is a story of a lady named Olga who is stuck in the kiosk where she spends her days serving the customers, talking to them, reading magazines and longing to travel.
メタル'94
メタル'94 (Jelgava 94)
Title
: メタル'94Title*
: Jelgava 94Authors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Japanese
Publisher
:Sakuhinsha
Pages
:352
Year
:2022
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:The story takes place in the Latvian town of Jelgava and centers around the rather short-lived craze for heavy metal music in the 1990s.
一〇の国旗の下で 満洲に生きたラトヴィア人
一〇の国旗の下で 満洲に生きたラトヴィア人 (Zem desmit valstu karogiem)
Title
: 一〇の国旗の下で 満洲に生きたラトヴィア人Title*
: Zem desmit valstu karogiemAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Non-Fiction
Language
:Japanese
Publisher
:Sakuhinsha
Pages
:300
Year
:2024
Copyrights
:The author
