The Diving Pool.
Translated by Stephen Snyder.
New York: Picador (Macmillan), 2008, 2025.
Book Information : Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.
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Author Information : Yōko Ogawa
- Yōko Ogawa (b. 1962), Wikipedia English.
- 小川洋子 (1962 –), Wikipedia Japan.
- Yōko Ogawa, GoodReads.com.
- Yoko Ogawa, Macmillan Publishers.
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Translator Information : Stephen Snyder
- Stephen Snyder, Middlebury Language Schools, Middlebury College.
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Wikipedia Articles :
- The book The Diving Pool contains three short stories / novellas :
- The Diving Pool (1990)
- Pregnancy Diary (1990)
妊娠カレンダー [Pregnancy calendar] - Dormitory (1991)
- The Diving Pool (novella) was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize for the second half of 1989.
- Pregnancy Diary was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for the second half of 1990.
- The Diving Pool (2008 English translation book) was awarded the Shirley Jackson Award in the Category Best Single-Author Collection for 2008.
- Japanese literature: Postwar literature (1945–onwards), Wikipedia English.
- 昭和時代末期の文学 [History of modern Japanese literature: Literature from the end of the Showa period], Wikipedia Japan.
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Internet Discussions of Yōko Ogawa and The Diving Pool :
- Stephen Snyder and Allison Markin Powell, "Yoko Ogawa Discussion", at Idlewild Books in New York City, WordsWithoutBorders channel, YouTube, 09 January 2009.
(The translator Stephen Snyder discusses the stories in The Diving Pool and reads from The Housekeeper and the Professor.)
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