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Bungei (magazine)
''Bungei'' (文藝) (English, "The Literary Arts") is a Japanese literary magazine published by Kawade Shobō Shinsha.Christopher Keaveney, Cultural Evolution of Postwar Japan: The Intellectual Contributions of Kaizo's Yamamoto Sanehiko', New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, p. 59. It was first published by the Kaizōsha (改造社) publishing firm from November 1933 until July 1944. Contributors included Ishizaka Yōjirō, Dazai Osamu, Okamoto Kanoko, Hayashi Fumiko, Takami Jun, Nakano Shigeharu, Oda Sakunosuke, Kubokawa Tsurujirō, Kamei Katsuichirō, Hayashi Fusao, Uno Kōji and Miyamoto Yuriko. When Kaizōsha was closed by the Japanese government in 1944, the magazine name was taken over by the publisher Kawade Shobō Shinsha. Authors such as Satō Haruo, Kawabata Yasunari, Dazai Osamu, Ibuse Masuji and Mishima Yukio initially wrote for the new magazine. From the 1950s Noma Hiroshi, Nakamura Shin'ichirō and Nakamura Mitsuo were added. The magazine was discontinued in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bungei may refer to: * Bungei (magazine), ''Bungei'' (magazine), a Japanese literary magazine * The Bungei Prize, a literary prize of Japan, awarded by ''Bungei'' * Bungeishunjū, a Japanese publishing company known for its literary magazine of the same name * Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan middle-distance runner *''Clerodendrum bungei'', an ornamental shrub native to China {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noma Hiroshi
was a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. According to literary scholar Doug Slaymaker, Noma is widely credited with having discovered or invented the style of writing called by the term "postwar literature" (''sengo bungaku'') in Japan. Early life and wartime service Hiroshi Noma was born in Kōbe on February 23, 1915. His father worked as an electrician as well as a lay Buddhist priest. Among his early literary influences were the poet Takeuchi Katsutarō and French Symbolism. He entered Kyoto University in 1935, where he graduated in French literature in 1938. While attending university, he became active in Marxist student and labour movements, and later turned his attention also to the situation of the Burakumin. He was drafted into the Pacific War, stationed in the Philippines and northern China, and later spent time on charges of subversive thought in a military prison in Ōsaka. Literary career In the immediate postwar period, Noma became a member of the Japanese Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Establishments In Japan
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungakukai
is a Japanese monthly literary magazine published by Bungeishunjū as a oriented publication. History and profile The first version of ''Bungakukai'' was published from 1893 to 1898. The founders were the first generation romantic authors in the country. The magazine featured articles on romanticism, modernism and idealism. The magazine's second version started in October 1933. Bungeishunjū has owned the magazine since then. The headquarters of ''Bungakukai'' is in Tokyo. Along with ''Shinchō'', ''Gunzo'', '' Bungei'' and ''Subaru'', it is one of the five leading literary journals in Japan. It runs a contest Contest may refer to: * Competition * Will contest * Contesting, amateur radio contesting (radiosport) Film and television * ''Contest'' (2013 film), an American film * Contest (1932 film), a German sports film * " The Contest", a 1992 season ... for newcomer writers ''Bungakukai Shinjinshō'' ( ja, 文學界新人賞, Newcomer Award of Literary World). References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunzo (magazine)
is a Japanese monthly literary magazine published in Japan. History and profile ''Gunzō'' was first published in October 1946 as oriented publication. The magazine is published by Kodansha. The past contributors for the magazine include: Kenzaburō Ōe, Haruki Murakami and Yoriko Shono. Along with ''Shinchō'', ''Bungakukai'', ''Subaru'' and '' Bungei'' magazines, ''Gunzō'' is among the leading thick literary magazines in Japan. ''Gunzō'' is also aimed at discovering new talent, both among writers and critics. It runs the annual Gunzo Prize for New Writers, and provides informational support for the Noma Prize The Noma Prizes were established by Shoichi Noma, or in his honor. More than one award is conventionally identified as the ''Noma Prize''. Noma was the former head of Kodansha, the Japanese publishing and bookselling company. Kodansha is Japan's l .... It had a policy of running stories anonymously to encourage people not to read stories for the name of the author. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinchō
is a Japanese literary magazine published monthly by Shinchosha. Since its launch in 1904 it has published the works of many of Japan's leading writers. Along with ''Bungakukai'', ''Gunzo'', '' Bungei'' and ''Subaru'', it is one of the five leading literary journals in Japan. The magazine features English translations of Japanese literary works. It presents the Shincho Literary Award. See also *List of literary magazines A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References 1904 establishments in Japan Literary magazines published in Japan Monthly magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 1904 Shinchosha magazines Literary translation magazines Magazines published in Tokyo {{Lit-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Wataya
is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel ''Keritai senaka'' won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English. Biography Wataya was born in Kyoto, Japan. Her mother was a university English teacher, and her father worked for a clothing company. At age 17, she told her parents that she was working on her university entrance exams, but she was actually writing her first novella, titled ''Insutōru'' (''Install''). ''Insutōru'' won the 38th Bungei Prize in 2001. It was later adapted into a 2004 film of the same name, starring Aya Ueto. After graduating from Murasakino High School in Kyoto, Wataya attended Waseda University, where her thesis focused on the structure of Osamu Dazai's ''Hashire merosu'' (走れ、メロス ''Run, Melos!''). In 2004, while a second-year student at Waseda, Wataya rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuo Tanaka (politician)
is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor of Nagano Prefecture from 2000 to 2006, became president of New Party Nippon, and has been elected to Japan's legislatures. Early life Tanaka was born in Musashino, Tokyo, and moved to Nagano at the age of 8 when his father became a professor at Shinshu University. He initially failed the university entrance exams in 1975 and spent the next year studying in Tokyo to retake them. In 1976 he entered the Faculty of Law at Hitotsubashi University. He received the Bungei Prize in 1980 for his first novel, '' Nantonaku, Kurisutaru'', while still a student. He graduated in the same year and briefly worked for the Mobil Oil Corporation for three months before leaving to continue his career as a writer. Tanaka married after graduating from university but divorced 11 months later. Political career In 2000, Tanaka was elected governor of Nagano Prefecture, a rural prefecture in Japan, standing as an independent without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungei Prize
The is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha , formerly , is a publisher founded in 1886 in Japan and headquartered in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo. It publishes the magazine '' Bungei'' and administers the Bungei Prize. History Kawade Shobō Shinsha traces its history to 1886 when a new br .... It was first awarded in 1962. The award is intended to recognize new writers, and several famous Japanese writers have won the award, but many Bungei Prize winners have not achieved any further literary recognition. Notable winners Kawade Shobō Shinsha maintains a complete official list of winning works. See also * List of Japanese literary awards References External links * 1962 establishments in Japan Japanese literary awards Awards established in 1962 {{Japan-lit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikezawa Natsuki , Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2001)
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is a Japanese poet, novelist, essayist and translator. He draws upon the relationship between civilization and nature in his writing, among other themes. Ikezawa translates a wide variety of writing, from contemporary Greek poetry to modern novels, and translates American literature into the Japanese language. He is also the father of voice actress Haruna Ikezawa. Since 2011 he has been the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine '' Bungei''. Bibliography ;English translations: * ''Still Lives'' (tr. Dennis Keene, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1997) * ''A burden of flowers'' (tr. Alfred Birnbaum Alfred Birnbaum (born 1955)Our Authors: Alfred Birnbaum [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jūrō Kara
is a Japanese avant-garde playwright, theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter. He was at the forefront of the ''Angura'' ("underground") theatre movement in Japan. Career Graduating from Meiji University, Kara formed his own theatre troupe, Jōkyō Gekijo (Situation Theatre), in 1963. They began performing in a red tent in Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku in 1967. According to the theatre historian, David G. Goodman, "Kara conceived his theatre in the premodern mold of ''kabuki''—not the sanitized, aestheticized variety performed today, but the erotic, anarchic, plebeian sort performed during the Edo period (1600–1868) by itinerant troupes of actors who were rejected by bourgeois society as outcasts and 'riverbed beggars.' Emulating their itinerant forebears, Kara and his troupe performed throughout Japan in their mobile red tent." Kara won the Kishida Prize for Drama for ''Shojo kamen'' (The Virgin's Mask) in 1969, and the Akutagawa Prize for his novel ''Sagawa-kun kara no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishihara Shintarō
was a Japanese politician and writer who was Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of the radical right Japan Restoration Party, he was one of the most prominent ultranationalists in modern Japanese politics. An ultranationalist, he was infamous for his misogynistic comments, racist remarks, xenophobic views and hatred of Chinese and Koreans, including using the antiquated pejorative term "sangokujin". Also a critic of relations between Japan and the United States, his arts career included a prize-winning novel, best-sellers, and work also in theater, film, and journalism. His 1989 book, '' The Japan That Can Say No'', co-authored with Sony chairman Akio Morita (released in 1991 in English), called on the authors' countrymen to stand up to the United States. After an early career as a writer and film director, Ishihara served in the House of Councillors from 1968 to 1972, in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1995, and as Governor of Tokyo from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
