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(born July 15, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer, primarily of juvenile fantasy books, for which she has won many awards. Uehashi is also Professor of Ethnology at Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, having completed a PhD focusing on the Yamatji, an indigenous Australian people. ==Achievements== Uehashi's career as a writer started in 1989. Her first book was . She then wrote the novel . This novel received an award from the Japanese Association of Writers for Children, which made her one of the famous Japanese-fantasy authors. In 1996, she published the first book of her ''Moribito'' series, . The novel received the Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize and the Sankei Children's Culture and Publishing award and the English translation was awarded the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Batchelder Award winners, 1968-Present | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) )〕 In 1999, Uehashi published the second book of the ''Moribito'' series, . With this novel she received the Japanese Association of Writers for Children's award.〔 In 2002 ''The Guardian series'' won the Iwaya Sazanami literature award, and in 2003, won another Japanese award from the Shogakukan publishing company. Then, in 2003, Uehashi wrote the novel , which received a Noma Children's Literature award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=野間児童文芸賞 ： 講談社 )〕 In 2006 she wrote the two volume , which she complemented with two more volumes in 2009. Both ''Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' and the first two volumes of ''Kemono no Sōja'' have had anime adaptations, in 2007〔(【引用サイトリンク】script-title=ja:精霊の守り人 )〕 and 2009,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=I.G to Animate Moribito Author's The Beast Player Novels - News - Anime News Network )〕 respectively. Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit has also been made into a radio drama and ''Kemono no Sōja'' into a manga.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=『獣の奏者』上橋菜穂子：講談社BOOK倶楽部 )〕 For her "lasting contribution" as a children's writer, Uehashi won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014.〔 Announced late in March, it will be presented on 10 September at the annual conference of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in Mexico City.〔 According to the IBBY jury chaired by María Jesús Gil of Spain, "Uehashi tells stories that are replete with imagination, culture and the beauty of a sophisticated process and form. Her literary subjects are based on ancient Japanese mythology and science-fiction fantasy that are deeply rooted in human reality."〔("2014 Awards" ). ''Hans Christian Andersen Awards''. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). With contemporary material including the (17 March 2014 shortlist press release ) and (24 March 2014 final press release ). Retrieved 27 March 2014.〕 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「Nahoko Uehashi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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