The Silent Traders

• Yuko Tsushima


  author
• March 30, 1947


  author's birthdate
• February 18, 2016


  author's death date
• Tokyo


  Where was the author born?
• Satoko


  author's name before she changed it
• Shuji Tsushima


  author's father
• Osamu Dazai


  What name did the author's father publish his work under?
• 1


  How old was the author when her father committed suicide
• 1960


  When did the author's older brother die?
• 1969


  When did the author begin publishing stories?
• Japanese folklore and traditions


  What did the author's stories often allude to?
• Yasunari Kgwabata Prize in 1983


  What award did "The Silent Traders" win? When was it won?
• Tamura Toshiko Prize, Izumi Kyoka Prize, Women's Liiterature Prize, Noma Prize for New Writers, Yomiuri Literature Prize


  What awards has the author won?
• 1976


  When did the author win the Tamura Toshiko Prize?
• 1977


  When did the author win the Izumi Kyoka Prize?
• 1978


  When did the author win the Women's Liiterature Prize?
• 1979


  When did the author win the Noma Prize for New Writers?
• 1986


  When did the author win the Yomiuri Literature Prize?
• "The Shooting Gallery", "Child of Fortune", and "Woman Running in the Mountains"


  Which 3 works have been translated into English?
• cat


  Which animal was in the wood?
• Rikugien


  garden in the narrator's neighborhood
• white with black patches


  What color was the kitten?
• 10


  How old is the narrator's daughter?
• 5


  How old was the narrator's son?
• in a thicket beside the pond


  Where was the kitten hiding?
• 25 years


  How long has it been since the narrator's mother came to live near Rikugien?
• 3


  How many children did the narrator's mother have?
• the youngest


  The narrator was the ________ of his siblings
• a six foot brick wall


  What was the garden surrounded by?
• a time capsule


  What did the narrator and his classmates decide to make?
• pine tree


  Which kind of tree did the narrator bury the time capsule under?
• February


  In which month did the narrator's brother die?
• pneumonia


  How did the narrator's brother die?
• April


  In which month did the narrator's sister go to college?
• while the narrator was in high school


  When did the narrator's first dog die?
• after the narrator's sister's marriage


  When did the narrator's mother decide to get a new dog?
• terrier puppy


  What kind of dog did the narrator get?
• since the narrator was a baby


  How long has the narrator's mother been a widow?
• 18


  How old did the narrator say he was going to leave the house?
• threw it over the wall of Rikugien


  What did the mother do with the dog?