Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1978) award
Fujio Noguchi
ノグチ フジオ
Noguchi Fujio
Aliases:
平井冨士男
Pen Names:
Fujio Noguchi（Pen name derived from his original family registry name）,
Fujio Hirai（Name after entering maternal family registry）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1911-07-04 （Kojimachi Ward, Tokyo City）
- Died
- 1993-11-22 （Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo） age 82
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Totsuka, Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Editor
- Active Years
- 1930-1993
- Memberships
- Member of Japan Art Academy, Chairman of the Japan Literary Artists Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University Faculty of Letters Preparatory Course | — | — | — | 1920年代 | Japan |
| Bunka Gakuin Faculty of Literature | — | — | — | 1930年-1933年 | Japan |
Keio University Faculty of Letters Preparatory Course
Period:
1920年代
Country:
Japan
Dropped out due to repeating a year
Bunka Gakuin Faculty of Literature
Period:
1930年-1933年
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Mainichi Art Award | Biography of Tokuda Shusei | — | Mainichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Yomiuri Literary Award Essay and Travelogue Section | My Kafu | 随筆・紀行賞 | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Yomiuri Literary Award Novel Section | Thus It Was | 小説賞 | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize | Thoughts on Nagi Leaves | — | Kawabata Yasunari Memorial Society | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Japan Art Academy Prize | — | — | Japan Art Academy | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | Sensory History of the Showa Literary World | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize Jury | 受賞 |
Mainichi Art Award
1965
Work:
Biography of Tokuda Shusei
Organization:
Mainichi Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Award Essay and Travelogue Section
1976
Work:
My Kafu
Category:
随筆・紀行賞
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Award Novel Section
1979
Work:
Thus It Was
Category:
小説賞
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize
1980
Work:
Thoughts on Nagi Leaves
Organization:
Kawabata Yasunari Memorial Society
Result:
受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1982
Organization:
Japan Art Academy
Result:
受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1986
Work:
Sensory History of the Showa Literary World
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize Jury
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1980) award
Kikuchi Kan Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 40 (1986) award
Works
Major Works
Biography of Tokuda Shusei
1965 Biography 1500 pagesA biography of Tokuda Shusei written over approximately 10 years.
BiographyLiterary history
Dark Night of Myself
1969 NovelOne of his representative novels.
NovelHuman drama
My Kafu
1975 EssaysEssay collection centered on Nagai Kafu.
EssaysBiography
Thus It Was
1978 NovelOne of his representative novel works.
Novel
Thoughts on Nagi Leaves
1980 Short storyShort story work that won the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize.
Short storyAward-winning work
Bibliography
- The Genealogy of the Wind
- Fluttering Women
- Relatives
- Twilight Canal
- The White Heron
- On a Day with Life
- Drifting
- Navy Diary: Record of the Lowest-Ranking Soldier
- Two Rainbows
- Biography of Tokuda Shusei
- Dark Night of Myself
- Notes on Tokuda Shusei: Depth of Reality
- My Kafu
- Thus It Was
- Tokyo Inside Me: My Literary Journey
- Meteor Anthology
- The Literature of Tokuda Shusei
- Parting as Falling
- Thoughts on Nagi Leaves
- Days Without Wind
- The Writer's Chair
- Now by the Roadside
- Sky Beyond the Cliff
- Aioi Bridge: Misty Rain
- Literature and Its Surroundings
- Lament Songs
- Petals Dancing in the Void
- Sensory History of the Showa Literary World
- Girl: Collected Works of Fujio Noguchi
- Happiness
- Selected Complete Novels of Fujio Noguchi
- Fragments of Time
- The Writer's Hand: Essays by Fujio Noguchi
- Sky Over the Streets
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and deep styleincludes historical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- war and humanityfamily bondsliterature and history
Health
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Malnutrition第二次世界大戦末期Affected health after returning from service
Legacy
Fujio Noguchi left a significant mark on postwar Japanese literature, deepening understanding of literary history through research and biography of Tokuda Shusei. He won many literary awards and was an active member of the Japan Art Academy.
Academic Societies
- Japan Art Academy
- Japan Literary Artists Association
Archives
- Koshigaya City Library Fujio Noguchi Collection
Quotes
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Our household is a family of three, but four live together: my wife, one son, and Tokuda Shusei as a cohabitant.
Source: Interview (1960)
Trivia
- Fujio Noguchi devoted about 10 years to literary research and completed the biography of Tokuda Shusei with little to no income.
- During the final period of the war, he was conscripted as a low-ranking sailor of the Imperial Japanese Navy and secretly kept a diary.