, also known as Akio Gotō, was a Japanese author.

Biography

Gotō was born in Yongheung County, Chōsen (now Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea). He fled with his family to

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while in junior high school. He studied Russian literature at Waseda University, with particular interest in

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. He then worked at an advertising agency and a publishing house, before becoming a professional novelist in 1968.

Major prizes

* 1977 Hirabayashi Taiko Award for ''Yume katari'' (Dreams Speak) * 1981 Tanizaki Prize for ''Yoshino-dayu'' (吉野大夫, The Courtesan Yoshino)

English translations

* ''Shot By Both Sides'' (''Hasamiuchi'', 1973), trans. Tom Gill, Japanese Literature Publishing Project, 2005 list. Published in the United States by Counterpoint, fall 2008.

Selected works

* ''Shiteki seikatsu'', 1969. * ''Waraijigoku'', 1969. * ''Nani?'', 1970. * ''Kakarenai hōkoku'', 1971. * ''Kankei'', 1971. * ''En to daen no sekai'', 1972. * ''Gotō Meisei shū'', 1972. * ''Hasamiuchi'' (Attacked from Both Sides), 1973. * ''Yonjissai no Oburōmofu'', 1973. * ''Fumbet suzakari no mufumbetsu'', 1974. * ''Fushigi na temaneki'', 1975. * ''Nemuri otoko no me'', 1975. * ''Ōinaru mujun'', 1975. * ''Omoigawa'', 1975. * ''Ugetsu monogatari kikō'', 1975. * ''Meguriai'', 1976. * ''Hasamiuchi'', 1977. * ''Waraizaka'', 1977. * ''Yukikaeri'', 1977. * ''Yume katari'' (Dreams Speak) * ''Sake neko ningen'', 1978. * ''Torashima'', 1978. * ''Yonjissai no Oburōmofu'' (四十歲のオブローモフ), Tōkyō : Ōbunsha, 1978. * ''Yume to yume no aida'', 1978. * ''Hari no ana kara'', 1979. * ''Uso no yō na nichijō'', 1979. * ''Hachigatsu'', 1980. * '' Ugetsu Monogatari, Harusame Monogatari'', 1980. * ''Mieru sekai, mienai sekai'', 1981. * ''Warai no hōhō : aruiwa Nikorai Gōgori'' (笑いの方法 : あるいはニコライゴーゴリ), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1981. * ''Yoshinodayu'' (吉野大夫), 1981. * ''Fukushū no jidai'', Tōkyō : Fukutake Shoten, 1983. * ''Nanji no rinjin'' (汝の隣人), Tōkyō : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1983. * ''Shōsetsu ikani yomi ikani kaku ka'', 1983. * ''Omocha no chi, chi, chi'' (おもちゃの知、知、知), Tōkyō : Tōjusha, 1984. * ''Bungaku ga kawaru toki'' (文学が変るとき), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1987. * ''Kafuka no meikyū : Akumu no hōhō'' (カフカの迷宮 : 悪夢の方法 ), Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten, 1987. * ''Memento mori : Watakushi no shokudō shujutsu taiken'' (メメントモリ : 私の食道手術体験), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1990. * ''Sukēpu gōto'' (スケープゴート), Tōkyō : Nihon Bungeisha, 1990.

References

External links

Meisei Goto
at J'Lit Books from Japan

at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) 1932 births 1999 deaths Japanese writers Japanese people of Korea under Japanese rule People from Kumya County Waseda University alumni {{Japan-writer-stub