Rinzō Shiina (椎名麟三 ''Shiina Rinzō''; born 大坪昇 ''Noboru Ōtsuka''; 1 October 1911 – 28 March 1973) was a Japanese writer, novelist, short story writer and playwright. Shiina's best known works were written after 1950. His writing focused on the spiritual poverty of post-occupation Japan.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Rinzō Shiina, OCLC/

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encompasses roughly 274 works in 433 publications in three languages and 1,530 library holdings. WorldCat Identities椎名麟三 1911-1973
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* , 1965 * ''The Go-Between and Other Stories by Rinzō Shiina'', 1970; translated by Noah S. Brannen (). ** "''Baishakunin''" ("The Go-Between") also appears in

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