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Biography

Miyamoto was born in

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, Japan and graduated from the faculty of letters at

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after which he became a copywriter. In 1970, he began to write his first novel and quit his job. Although he later joined another company, he quit again in 1972.

Bibliography

* ''Doro no Kawa'' (1977) * ''Hotarugawa'' (1978) * ''Kinshu'' (1982) Translated into English in 2005 with the title ''Kinshu: Autumn Brocade'' * ''

Hana no Furu Gogo ''Hana no Furu Gogo'' (Japanese: 花の降る午後, ''Afternoon When Flowers Fell'') is a 1988 Japanese novel by Teru Miyamoto published by Kadokawa Shoten. A TV drama adaption was made in 1989 that was directed by Hiroyuki Eguchi and starred S ...

'' (1988) * In 1995 his novel ''Maboroshi no Hikari'' was made into a film by director

Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' ( ...

. The English release is entitled ''

Maborosi ''Maborosi'', known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese drama film by director Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano, and Takashi Naito. It is based on a novel by Teru Miyamoto. The film won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinemato ...

''.

Prizes

*1977

Dazai Osamu Prize The Dazai Osamu Prize (太宰治賞) is a Japanese literary prize named for novelist Dazai Osamu (1909–1948). The prize was established in 1965 by the Chikuma Shobō publishing company, discontinued in 1978, and resumed again in 1999 with co-spo ...

for ''Mud River'' (''Doro no Kawa'') *1978

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 ''Firefly River'' (''Hotarugawa'') *1987

Yoshikawa Eiji was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as ''The Tale of the Heike'', ''Tale of Genji'', ''Water Margin'' and ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', m ...

Prize for Literature for ''Yu-Shun''

Honors

*2020 Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette

External links

* Miyamoto Teru, �
Muddy River
��, translated and introduced by Andrew Murakami-Smith, ''The Asia-Pacific Journal'', Vol. 13, Issue 47, No. 1, December 7, 2015.
J'Lit , Authors : Teru Miyamoto , Books from Japan

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(Kinshu. Tapiz de otoño - en Español) 1947 births Living people People from Kobe Japanese writers Akutagawa Prize winners Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class {{japan-writer-stub