Impilo Ekhukhulayo

Eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amane edlule, u-Yoshihiro Tatsumi wandise ama-horizons okuxoxa izindaba zamahlaya ngokusebenzisa ulimi olubukwayo lwama-manga ukutshela izindaba ezimnandi, ezibhaliwe ngempilo yangasese yabantu bansuku zonke. Ubizwe “njengomkhulu wamanye amahlaya aseJapan” futhi uthonye izizukulwane zabadwebi bamakhathuni emhlabeni jikelele. Manje umsunguli obonayo we- "The Push Man and Other Stories" kanye no- "Good-salanie" useziphendulele kuye. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyishumi ekwenzeni, "Ukuphila Okukhukhumezayo" kungumsebenzi ovelele kakhulu kaTatsumis, wobuntu, nowenhliziyo: i-autobiographical bildungsroman efomu yamahlaya. Esebenzisa impilo yakhe ende yokukhathazeka ngamahlaya njengomsebenzi wohlaka, uTatsumi uluka indaba eyinkimbinkimbi ehlanganisa amandla omndeni, isiko nomlando waseJapan, uthando lokuqala, ubunzima bezimboni zamanga, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba ngumculi. Ngenye indlela ehlekisayo, ekhanyisayo, nehlekisayo, lesi yisifinyezo esihle kakhulu sempilo ethokozisayo nomsebenzi oyingqophamlando.

Qaphela: Wina iTezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize ngonyaka ka-2009, i-Best Reality-Based Work kanye ne-Best US Edition ye-International Material - Asia ye-Eisner Award ngo-2010.