作家の石川好さん死去、７７歳　著作に「ストロベリー・ロード」など

　「ストロベリー・ロード」などの著作で知られる作家の石川好（いしかわ・よしみ）さんが１９日、急性心筋梗塞のため東京都内の病院で死去した。７７歳だった。東京都出身。葬儀は近親者で行う。喪主は妻みな子さん。後日、お別れの会を開く予定。
　高校を卒業して米カリフォルニア州の農園で４年間、作業に従事。慶応大を卒業後に再び渡米し、庭園業を営んだ。帰国後、１９８３年に「カリフォルニア・ストーリー」で作家デビュー。自らの体験を基に米国のイチゴ農園での労働の日々を描いた８９年の「ストロベリー・ロード」で大宅壮一ノンフィクション賞を受賞した。
　日米関係に関する知見を生かし、テレビ朝日系の討論番組「朝まで生テレビ！」に出演するなど、政治的な言論活動にも力を入れた。２００９年からは山形県の酒田市美術館の館長を務めていた。（2024/08/21-13:20）

Japanese author Yoshimi Ishikawa, known for works such as "Strawberry Road," died of acute myocardial infarction at a hospital in Tokyo on Monday. He was 77.
   Born in Tokyo, Ishikawa worked on a farm in California for four years after graduation from high school. He graduated from Keio University and went back to the United States, where he operated a gardening business.
   After returning to Japan, he debuted as an author in 1983 with "California Story," and won the Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award for "Strawberry Road," which was released in 1989 and is based on his own experience working on a U.S. strawberry farm.
   Ishikawa engaged in political discourse using his insights on Japan-U.S. relations, and made appearances on a long-running televised debate program in Japan. He also served as director of the Sakata City Museum of Art in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata since 2009.