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Noma Literary Prize
The Noma Literary Prize (''Noma Bungei Shō'') was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association (''Noma Hōkō Kai'') in accordance with the last wishes of Seiji Noma (1878–1938), founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing company. It is awarded by the Noma Cultural Foundation, the largest single shareholder in Kodansha. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and the following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen. It is one in a series of Noma Prizes. Sponsorship Prize (1941–1946) Noma Literary Prize (1941–present) An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha. Noma Literary New Face Prize (1979–present) An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha. Noma Children's Literature Prize (1963–present) Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize This prize was last awarded in 1998. *09 1971 — Rie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish), the Camões Prize (Portuguese), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōda Rohan
, pen name , was a Japanese author. His daughter, Aya Kōda, was also a noted author who often wrote about him. Kōda wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Elegant Buddha", in 1889. A house (Kagyu-an or "snail cottage") in which Kōda lived was rebuilt in 1972 by the Meiji Mura museum. Kōda was one of the first persons to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937. Early life Rohan was born in the Kanda District of Tokyo. He went to Hibiya High School and Aoyama Gakuin, but he did not graduate from both schools. He was the son of Koda Shigenobu (1839?--1914) and Koda Yu (1842?-1919), whose father was Koda Ritei, a samurai official serving under the local daimyō. Rohan's childhood name was Tetsushiro ("shiro" implying the fourth son) Shigeyuki. Notable short stories *"Dewdrops" (1889) *"Love Bodhisattva" (1889) *" Encounter with a Skull" (1890) *"A Sealed Letter" (1890) *"The Five-Storied Pagoda" (1891) (translated int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirotsu Kazuo
was a Japanese novelist, literary critic and translator active in the Shōwa period. Early life Hirotsu was born in the Ushigome neighborhood Tokyo as the second son of the noted novelist Hirotsu Ryurō, whose pupils included Kafū Nagai.'' The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater'', page 34-35 He had problems completing Azabu Middle School due to poor health and his complete incompetence in mathematics. At the time he was also working part-time delivering newspapers, and his inability to add often meant that his parents had to make up for the short-fall in his accounts. Literary career However, Hirotsu did show a talent for literature from an early age. His literary debut came with a short story submitted to a contest in a newspaper when he was 17 years old. The story won a prize of 10 Yen, which was a reasonable sum of money in 1908. While attending Waseda University Hirotsu started submitting articles to various literary journals. One of his classmates at Wased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozaki Kazuo
Ozaki (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese poet *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese taekwondo practitioner and kickboxer *, Japanese poet *, Japanese judge *, Japanese writer *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese politician *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese sport shooter *Milton K. Ozaki Milton K. Ozaki (June 14, 1913 – November 7, 1989) was a Japanese-American writer. Life Ozaki was born in Racine, Wisconsin to a Japanese father (Jingaro Ozaki, who later changed his name to Frank) and an American mother, Augusta Rathbun. He lo ... (1913–1989), American writer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese Paralympic athlete *, Japanese politician and businessman *, Japanese gravure idol *, Japanese actress *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese poet *, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inoue Yasushi
was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include '' The Bullfight'' (''Tōgyū'', 1949), ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' (''Tenpyō no iraka'', 1957) and ''Tun-huang'' (''Tonkō'', 1959). Biography Inoue was born into a family of physicians in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in 1907, and later raised in Yugashima, Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born in Hokkaido but is from Shizuoka Prefecture. In his essay "Hometown Izu", he wrote, "I was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, but in the yearbooks and directories, most of my birthplace is Shizuoka Prefecture. When I write it myself, I write it separately from Asahikawa as my place of birth and Shizuoka Prefecture as my birthplace...". In My History of Self-Formation, he wrote, "It seems safe to assume that Izu, where I spent my childhood, was my true hometown, and that everything that would form the basis of my person was created here." During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohara Tomie
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Ohara or Ōhara may refer to: Places * Ōhara, Chiba * Ōhara, Okayama * Ohara District, Shimane Companies and organisations * Ohara Corporation, a manufacturer of precision optical glass *''Ohara-ryū'', a school of ''ikebana'' * Ohara Museum of Art Other uses *Ohara (surname), two separate Japanese surnames * ''Ohara'' (TV series), U.S. TV series *''Ohara'', from the anime/manga One Piece, an island in the “West Blue” hemisphere which was blown up by the World Government for trying to uncover the true history of the world. Nico Robin hails from this island. See also *O'Hara (other) O'Hara may refer to: Place names *Cardinal O'Hara High School (Springfield, Pennsylvania), United States *Lake O'Hara, a lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada *O'Hara Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica *O'Hara Township, Allegheny Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuoka Shōtarō
Yasuoka may refer to: *Yasuoka (surname), a Japanese surname *Yasuoka, Nagano is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 1,622 in 688 households, and a population density of 25 persons per km². The total area of the village is . Geography Yasuoka is located in mountain ..., a village located in Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan * Yasuoka Station, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murō Saisei
, real name Murō Terumichi, was a Japanese writer of poetry, short stories and novels. Biography Early life Murō was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, in 1889. His mother Haru was the mistress of Kobata Yozaemon-kichidane, a low-ranking military commander from the Kobata family. Right after his birth, he was adopted by Akai Hatsu, a common-law wife of Murō Shinjo, the chief priest at Uho Temple. He gained his Murō family name at the age of seven when he was formally adopted by his stepfather. He never met his biological parents. The fact that he was born as an illegitimate child had an immense impact on his life and his literature. During his childhood, he was bullied by peers as "the mistress' child". At the same time, he craved for a mother he never had. This gave him the burden of having double bind thoughts to his biological mother, such as in the following poem, written in 1943 when he was 54 years old: Literary career In 1902, he left Kanazawa High Elementary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobayashi Hideo
was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan. Early life Kobayashi was born in the Kanda district of Tokyo, where his father was a noted engineer who introduced European diamond polishing technology to Japan, and who invented a ruby-based phonograph needle. Kobayashi studied French literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where his classmates included Hidemi Kon and Tatsuji Miyoshi. He met Chūya Nakahara in April 1925, with whom he quickly became close friends, but in November of the same year, began living together with Nakahara's former mistress, the actress Yasuko Hasegawa. Kobayashi graduated in March 1928, and soon after moved to Osaka for a few months before moving to Nara, where he stayed at the home of Naoya Shiga from May 1928. His relationship with Yasuko Hasegawa ended around this time. In September 1929, he submitted an article to a contest hed by the literary journal ''Kaizō,'' and won second place. Literary crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uno Chiyo
was a Japanese author and kimono designer. She was known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Early years Uno was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant due to an affair she was having with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin, a banker named Fujimara Tadashi. Her initial literary success came in 1921 when she was awarded a prize for her short story , or ''Painted Face.'' After receiving the award, Uno left Tadashi and moved to Tokyo. Like many young Japanese people of the 1920s, Uno was fascinated with American and European culture and dressing. In 1927, she was one of the first women in Japan to bob her hair like a flapper. Beyond hairstyles, Uno also began to pursue the life of a free-spirited woman. She wanted to be a , or "modern girl", and not confined to just the role of supportive wife and mother. She became part of the Bohemian world of Tokyo, and had liaisons with other writers, poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enchi Fumiko
was the pen-name of Fumiko Ueda, one of the most prominent Japanese women writers in the Shōwa period of Japan. As a writer, Enchi is best known for her explorations into the ideas of sexuality, gender, human identity, and spirituality. Early life Fumiko Ueda was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, the second daughter of Tokyo Imperial University linguist and professor and his wife Tsuruko. Her father served as president of Kokugakuin University, president of Kogakkan University, was a member of the House of Peers, and was later credited with establishing the foundations of modern Japanese linguistics. Her family also included her paternal grandmother Ine, elder brother Hisashi, elder sister Chiyo, as well as maids, houseboys, a wet nurse, and a rickshaw driver and his wife. Of poor health as a child, she was unable to attend classes in school on a regular basis, so her father decided to keep her at home. She was taught English, French and Chinese literature through private tutors. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonomura Shigeru
Shigeru Tonomura was a Japanese author of I novels. Kanji of his real name was 外村 茂, but it was same reading as the pen name. Tonomura was born into a conservative merchant's family in Shiga Prefecture and raised by devout parents who believed in Pure Land Buddhism. After graduation from the University of Tokyo with a degree in economics, he took over the family business as a wholesale cotton merchant. His house in Gokashōkondō-chō, Higashiōmi, is now a museum that reflects Ōmi Province merchant life. In 1933 Tonomura handed over control of the business to his brother and began to write seriously. He received the 1956 Noma Literary Prize for ''Ikada'' (筏) and the 1960 Yomiuri Prize for ''Miotsukushi'' (澪標). Tonomura was good friends with Motojirō Kajii was a Japanese writer in the early Shōwa period known for his poetic short stories. Kajii's works included , . and . His poetic works were praised by fellow writers including Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
