was a

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. Takai won the 1965

Akutagawa Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes. History The ...

for ''Kita no kawa'' (Northern Stream), the 1984

Tanizaki Prize The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 ''Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō''), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō K� ...

for ''Kono kuni no sora'' (この国の空, This Country's Sky), and the 1989

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, a ...

for ''Yoru no ari'' (夜の蟻).

Selected works

* ''Shōnentachi no senjo'', 1968. * ''Yoake no tochi'', 1968. * ''Tanima no michi'', 1969. * ''Yuki no hate no fūsō'', 1970. * ''Tōi hi no umi'', 1972. * ''Mushitachi no sumika'' (蟲たちの棲家), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1973. * ''Kuregata no mori ni te'', 1976. * ''Yume no ishibumi'', 1976. * ''Kansatsusha no chikara'', 1977. * ''Shinjitsu no gakko'', 1980. * ''Kono kuni no sora'' (この国の空), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1983. * ''Bara no nedoko'' (薔薇の寝床), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1985. * ''Chiri no miyako ni'' (塵の都に), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1988. * ''Yoru no ari'' (夜の蟻), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1989. * ''Shohan (初版) Tōkyō'' : Shōgakkan, 1991. * ''Tachihara Seishū'' (立原正秋), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1991. * ''Sakka no ikishini'' (作家の生き死), Tōkyō : Kadokawa Shoten, 1997.

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Yuichi Takai
at J'Lit Books from Japan 1932 births 2016 deaths Japanese writers Akutagawa Prize winners Yomiuri Prize winners Presidents of the Japan Writers’ Association {{Japan-writer-stub