[Department of Tourism] Lecturer Liu Zhuang, Faculty of Modern Sociology, translated "Beast Summoner" (I-V) (Zhejiang People's Publishing House, December 2021) published in China

A total of 2021 volumes of "The Beast Summoner" (I-V) (Zhejiang People's Publishing House, December 12) translated by Lecturer Liu Zhuang of the Faculty of Contemporary Sociology of our university have been published in China.Nahoko Uehashi's "Beast Player"*5 has been translated and published in China, France, Germany, Sweden, Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan.

This novel won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Best Writer in 2014.

The Hans Christian Andersen Award, established in 1956, is the oldest and most prestigious international award in the field of children's literature. It is sent every two years to one author and one painter who have made the most contributions to the world of children's books.It is called the Nobel Prize for Children's Literature because of its high selection standards.Since there are no Japanese judges, it has been translated into various languages, not just English, and ten foreign judges read it in their native language.

The reasons for the award are "full of kindness and deep respect for nature and living creatures" and "perceives the world as a variety of different levels of relationships".

Furthermore, this novel was made into an animation by NHK, and is called a ``masterpiece animation of the 21st century''.We also recommend the feature-length novel "Seirei no Mamoribito"*2, which was also adapted into a drama by Naoko Uehashi.

If students can read these literary works not only in Japanese but also in multiple languages such as English and Chinese, they will surely be able to enjoy the works many times more from a multifaceted perspective.