Winesburg, Ohio

Japanese: 《オハイオ州ワインズバーグ》 - おはいおしゅうわいんずばーぐ

…Born into a not-so-wealthy family in Ohio, he traveled from place to place, aiming to become a businessman, and by the age of 30, he had achieved some success, but then he underwent a major “conversion” and moved to Chicago to begin his life as a writer. His works are diverse and numerous, including novels such as “Winesburg, Ohio” (1919), “Poor White Man” (1920), and “Black Laughter” (1925), short story collections such as “The Triumph of the Egg” (1921), autobiographical works such as “The Story of the Storyteller” (1924), and poetry collections such as “Songs of Midwestern America.” The main theme of his literature was an intuitive criticism of the inhumanity of industrialism. Among them, “Winesburg, Ohio,” set against the backdrop of an idyllic rural setting, captures the various images of people distorted by tradition and loneliness from the perspective of a sensitive young man, and is a groundbreaking work that focuses a sharp eye on the chaotic disorder of the human spirit caused by the rapid changes in society. …

From Ohio

…The first shopping center in the United States was built in Columbus. However, there are many small cities, such as those depicted in S. Anderson's novel Winesburg, Ohio. The suburbs of Dayton are where the Wright Brothers conducted their powered flight experiments, and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which includes the Air Force Museum, is located.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…オハイオ州のあまり裕福ではない家に生まれ，各地を転々としながら実業家を志し，30歳ころには一応の成功を収めるが，それから大きな〈回心〉を経験して，シカゴで作家生活に入った。作品は，《オハイオ州ワインズバーグ》(1919)，《貧乏白人》(1920)，《黒い笑い》(1925)などの小説，《卵の勝利》(1921)などの短編集，《物語作者の物語》(1924)などの自伝的作品，《中西部アメリカの歌》などの詩集と，多種多様にわたってその数も多いが，彼の文学の大きな主題は，産業主義の非人間性に対する直観的な批判であった。なかでも《オハイオ州ワインズバーグWinesburg,Ohio》は，牧歌的な田園を背景に，因襲と孤独にさいなまれて歪曲していく人々のさまざまな姿を，多感な一青年の視点からとらえたもので，あまりにも急速な社会の変動によって生じた人間精神の混沌たる無秩序に，するどい目をそそいだ画期的な作品である。…