"A Woman Walks the Earth Alone"

Japanese: 《女一人大地を行く》 - おんなひとりだいちをゆく
"A Woman Walks the Earth Alone"

…In 1917, during World War I, she met Indian activists in New York, supported the independence movement, and was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage. Her autobiographical novel, Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (Woman Alone on the Earth) (1920), which expresses her strong sense of independence and hatred of injustice, was introduced to Japan before World War II in a translation by Jiro Shirakawa (a pseudonym for Hidemi Ozaki), and caused a sensation. In 1920, she traveled to Europe and lived with Birendranath Chattopadhyay, a left-wing member of the Indian National Congress, in Berlin. …

*Some of the terminology used in "A Woman Walking the Earth Alone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1917年,第1次大戦下のニューヨークでインド人活動家たちと知り合い,独立運動を支援してスパイ容疑で投獄される。自伝的小説《女一人大地を行く》(1920)は,強い自立心と不正を憎む性質をたくまず表現しており,第2次大戦前に白川次郎(尾崎秀実の筆名)訳で日本に紹介され,反響をよんだ。20年にヨーロッパへ渡り,ベルリンでインド国民会議派左派のビレンドラナート・チャトパジャーヤと同棲。…

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