Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1965) award
Shigeru Akiyoshi
あきよし しげる
Akiyoshi Shigeru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1917-01-01 （Fukuoka Prefecture）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- newspaper journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1940-
- Affiliations
- Asahi Shimbun, Western Headquarters (reporting department, editorial board), Asahi Shimbun (guest), Japan Film School (director)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Japan Essayist Club Award | Beauties, Mice and the Island of Gods | — | Japan Essayist Club | winner |
Japan Essayist Club Award
1964
Work:
Beauties, Mice and the Island of Gods
Organization:
Japan Essayist Club
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Beauties, Mice and the Island of Gods: The Hidden Japan
1964 essayA collection of reportage-style essays depicting local landscapes and people across Japan, focusing on regional culture and customs.
regional culturecharacter portraitslocal customs
Bold Pencil Travels: Visiting Japanese Poetry and Human Warmth
1966 reportage/essayA travelogue reporting visits to poets and poetic scenes in Japan, portraying the nation's poetic life and human warmth.
poetrycultural reportinghumanity
Distant Continent of Shifting Sands: A Historical Travelogue of Central Asia
1999 historical travelogueA historical travelogue around Central Asia, weaving descriptions of the region's history and landscapes from ancient to modern times.
Central Asiahistorytravel
Bibliography
- Beauties, Mice and the Island of Gods: The Hidden Japan (Kawade Shobo Shinsha) 1964
- Bold Pencil Travels: Visiting Japanese Poetry and Human Warmth (Kosei Publishing) 1966
- Nippon Rich Biographies (Kenkosha) 1967
- Biographies of Japanese Heroines (Kenkosha) 1969
- Buddhists Among the People (Kosei Publishing) 1974
- The Town of Ekiben (Asahi Sonorama) 1975
- Flavors of Home (Asahi Sonorama) 1976
- Like Spring Thunder: Ichiro Hayashibara's Chronicle (Kenkosha) 1983
- Secret Stories of Japanese History (Kawade Bunko) 1989
- Distant Continent of Shifting Sands: A Historical Travelogue of Central Asia (Kawade Shobo Shinsha) 1999
Adaptations
- A Million People's Chorus (original story) Toho 1972
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- reportage-likeessayistic
- Recurring Motifs
- love of localitybiographical sketchestravel and history
Legacy
Known as a writer who began as a newspaper reporter, he produced reportage and essays focused on regional culture and biographical sketches. He depicted Japan's landscapes and human warmth and won the Japan Essayist Club Award in 1964.
Trivia
- Born in Fukuoka Prefecture and a former newspaper reporter for Asahi Shimbun's western office.
- Served as a director at the Japan Film School.
- Won the Japan Essayist Club Award in 1964 for 'Beauties, Mice and the Island of Gods.'