Munro Leaf

Japanese: リーフ - りーふ(英語表記)Munro Leaf
Munro Leaf

American children's author. Born in Maryland, after graduating from Harvard University, she worked as an editor for a while. Her debut as an author was in 1934 when she wrote Grammar Is Fun, complete with humorous pencil illustrations. Two years later, she published The Bull that Loved Flowers, which was well received. This work, which tells the story of a cow who prefers a peaceful life surrounded by flowers to fighting in a bullfight, has come to be counted among the classic American picture books, with the help of Robert Lawson's humorous black-and-white illustrations.

[Kyoko Kakegawa]

"The Cow Who Loves Nose, translated by Mitsuyoshi Natsuya (1954, Iwanami Shoten)"

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Japanese:

アメリカの児童文学作家。メリーランド州に生まれ、ハーバード大学卒業後しばらく編集の仕事に携わる。1934年に鉛筆書きのユーモラスな挿絵をつけた『文法はおもしろい』を書いたのが作家としての出発点となり、2年後に『はなのすきなうし』を出版して好評を得た。闘牛になって戦うよりも、花に囲まれた平和な暮らしを愛する牛を主人公とするこの作品は、ロバート・ローソンの白黒のユーモラスな挿絵の助けもあって、いまではアメリカの絵本の古典の一つに数えられるほどになっている。

[掛川恭子]

『光吉夏弥訳『はなのすきなうし』(1954・岩波書店)』

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