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Kim Echlin (born 1955) is a Canadian novelist, translator, editor and teacher. Her 2009 novel, ''The Disappeared'', was a nominee for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize and has been translated into 19 languages. She has a PhD in English literature and her thesis was on the translation of the Ojibway Nanabush myths.〔("Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks" ). ''Quill & Quire'', October 6, 2009.〕 ==Writing== ''Elephant Winter'', the story of a young woman who returns to her rural Ontario home to tend to her dying mother and finds her life altered due to a romantic relationship with a wildlife caretaker at a neighboring safari park, was described as "enormously engaging" by Maureen Garvie in ''Quill & Quire''. Frank Moher further observed in a ''Saturday Night'' review of the novel that Sophie's growing empathy is reflected by "prose that is as extravagant in feeling as it is in expression." Echlin draws on the ancient myths of Demeter and Persephone, as well as on the story of Inanna, in her second novel, ''Dagmar's Daughter'', in which a motherless teen is almost drowned before finding safety on a small island. The woman's story is interwoven with those of three generations of gifted Gaelic-speaking women into a novel that, although difficult, "rewards the effort", according to ''Canadian Woman Studies'' reviewer Clara Thomas. Noting that the novel's plot moves at a brisk pace, Elaine Jones added in ''Resource Links'' that ''Dagmar's Daughter'' relates "a powerful and intriguing story." Echlin has adapted the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna for an illustrated book, ''Inanna: From the Myth of Ancient Sumer''. Associated with the planet Venus, Inanna is an ancient goddess that figured prominently in the civilization that existed in the location of modern-day Iraq over four thousand years ago. Although lost for centuries, her stories, carved on stone tablets, were recently recovered by archeologists. Sister to Gilgamesh, Inanna grows to maturity and through her determination, wisdom, and ambition she learns the extent of her own destructive and creative powers. In ''Inanna'' Echlin relates the warrior goddess's story in poetic form, from her birth as the daughter of the moon god to her growing desire for her handsome shepherd brother Dumuzi (an Adonis-like character), her death and descent into the underworld, and her fight to regain her place on Earth as well as her power within the pantheon of Sumerian gods. Noting that the book, which is illustrated by European artist Linda Wolfsgruber, would be most valuable to young-adult readers, Patricia D. Lothrop wrote in ''School Library Journal'' that Inanna "could be an enticing introduction to a little-known figure from ancient Near East myth." In crafting her book-length story, Echlin positions traditional stories about the goddess "in chronological order, following Inanna's development from an eager, ambitious goddess to the position of the all-powerful queen whose 'light shines through everything,'" according to ''Resource Links'' contributor Joan Marshall. Marshall dubbed the book a "fascinating tale of a young goddess who knows how to get the power she wants." Her new novel ''Under the Visible Life'' was published in 2015.〔("The 50 most anticipated books of 2015 (the first half, anyway)" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', January 2, 2015.〕 In 2015, she published a new translation of the Inanna myth with extensive linguistic and cultural notes, 'Inanna: A New English Version.' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kim Echlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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