was a Japanese writer and critic from
Azumino
is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is .
Etymology of Azumino
Azumino is a combination of two wo ...
, Nagano prefecture.
Usui won the 1974 10th
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 ''Azumino'' (安曇野).
In 1977 he published a novelised account of
Kawabata's death that led to a law-suit against him by the
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
-winner's family.
[ Van C. Gessel, Three Modern Novelists, Kodansha, 1993; p. 207, note 96 ]
Selected works
* ''Hōjōki. Tsurezuregusa. Ichigon hōdanshu'' (方丈記. 徒然草. 一言 芳談集), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1970.
* ''Hitotsu no kisetsu'', 1975.
* ''Butai no ue de'', 1976.
* ''Genjitsu no gyoshi'', Tōkyo : Ie no Hikari Kyokai, 1976.
* ''Tsuchi to furusato no bungaku zenshū'', 15 volumes, 1976-1977.
* ''Jikō no tenmatsu'' (事故のてんまつ), 1977.
* ''Jibun o tsukuru'' (自分 を つくる), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1979.
* ''Shohan'' (初版), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1985.
References
Japanese writers
1905 births
1987 deaths
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