was a Japanese novelist and poet active during the
Taishō and
Shōwa periods of Japan.
His works are known for their explorations of melancholy. He won the 4th
Yomiuri Prize
The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone.
Award categories
For the first two years, ...
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Selected works
* ''The House of a Spanish Dog'', 西班牙犬の家, 1914.
* ''Melancholy in the Country'', 田園の憂鬱, 1919.
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新宮市立佐藤春夫記念館 – Shingu City Sato Haruo Memorial Museum
20th-century Japanese novelists
Keio University alumni
Keio University faculty
People from Wakayama Prefecture
Yomiuri Prize winners
Recipients of the Order of Culture
1892 births
1964 deaths
20th-century Japanese poets
People from Shingū, Wakayama
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