Hoseki Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1957) honorable mention
Goro Suzuki
すずき ごろう
Suzuki Gorō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-07-13 （Nakamai-Maizuru, Kasa District, Kyoto Prefecture (now Maizuru), Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Aviation critic, Aviation historian, Author, Editor
- Active Years
- 1943-2014
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
Year of Graduation:
1948
Country:
Japan
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fourteen Chapters of Japanese Aviation Incidents
1972 Non-fiction / Aviation historyA study and narrative collection summarizing representative incidents in Japanese aviation.
aviation incidentsinvestigation and causeshistory of aviation technology
Grumman Fighters: 'Destroy the Formidable Zero'
1974 Non-fiction / Military & aviationA technical-historical examination of Grumman fighters and their confrontations with the Japanese Zero during WWII.
World War IIfighter aircraftUS-Japan aerial combat
Pioneers of the Skies: Secret Stories of Global Aviation Incidents
1975 Non-fiction / Aviation historyCollects intriguing incidents in global aviation history, depicting them from human and technical perspectives.
aviation historybiographical accountsaccidents and anecdotes
A Century of Aircraft: Visual Guide from the Wright Brothers to the Latest Planes
2003 Reference / Aviation historyA visual history systematically explaining aircraft development from the Wright brothers to modern planes with illustrations.
evolution of aviation technologyhistorical overviewillustrated explanations
Bibliography
- Fourteen Chapters of Japanese Aviation Incidents
- Grumman Fighters: 'Destroy the Formidable Zero'
- Pioneers of the Skies: Secret Stories of Global Aviation Incidents
- Hayate: The Army's Strongest Fighter of Japan
- Lockheed Fighters: From the 'Twin-Fuselage Devil' to the F-104
- Ah, Aviation Guys: Japan's Sky and Human Aviation Secrets
- Avro Lancaster: The RAF Bomber That Helped Defeat the Nazis
- Focke-Wulf Fighters: The Luftwaffe's Strongest Fighters
- Legends of the Ace Pilots: Men Who Risked Life and Death in a Moment
- Biographies of Aviators: From First Flights to Moon Voyages
- 365 Days Vehicle Why-Why Encyclopedia
- Document: Boeing
- Soaring Youth: Documenting Japan's Stewardesses
- Unexpected History of Showa-era Japanese Aviation: Heroes Who Entrusted Dreams to Civil Aviation
- The Skies of Nomonhan: The Story of the Imperial Japanese Army's Guerrilla Flight Unit
- Let That Be the Lamp of Scoop: Journalists' Dreams in Aviation Reporting 1911–1999
- Fighter A Chronicles: Aces of World War I & II
- WW2 Rival Aircraft Legends: Ultimate Advances in Reciprocating-Engine Planes
- The World's Strongest Ace Bible: Who Stands at the Top?
- Men Who Opened the Age of Aviation
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- expositorytechnical and factualjournalistic narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- aircraft technologypilots and personalitiesvivid wartime descriptions
Legacy
Goro Suzuki was an aviation critic and historian who popularized aviation history and reporting in Japan through numerous explanatory works and illustrated guides, contributing to public understanding of aviation.
Trivia
- In 1943 he received flight training associated with a student aviation league and in 1944 joined the Mie Naval Air Unit as a flight reserve trainee.
- He worked at Shogakukan's children's editorial department and later at the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing bureau, retiring in 1979.