Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1999) award
Ryo Hagiwara
はぎわら りょう
Hagiwara Ryo
Pen Names:
Ryo Hagiwara（Primary pen name used for books and journalism）,
Sendaro Shibuya（Alternate pen name used for some translations and publications）,
Guju Ide（Pen name used for early works）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-02-03 （Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2017-12-22 （Minato, Tokyo, Japan） age 80
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, Korean
- Residence History
- Kochi City (birthplace) → Osaka (moved to/early residence) → Pyongyang (as a correspondent for Akahata) → Washington, D.C. (research period) → Minato, Tokyo (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Non-fiction writer, Translator, Editor
- Active Years
- 1980-2017
- Memberships
- Japanese Communist Party (former member)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka University of Foreign Studies | Department of Korean | Department of Korean | — | — | Japan |
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Department of Korean
/ Department of Korean
Country:
Japan
Entered the newly established Department of Korean in 1963 as a first cohort student
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ōya Sōichi Nonfiction Prize | My Story with a Friend Who Disappeared into North Korea | — | Ōya Sōichi Nonfiction Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Ōya Sōichi Nonfiction Prize
1999
Work:
My Story with a Friend Who Disappeared into North Korea
Organization:
Ōya Sōichi Nonfiction Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
My Story with a Friend Who Disappeared into North Korea
1998 Non-fictionA non-fiction account following friends and returnees who went to North Korea under the repatriation program. Centers on the author's search experiences and testimony, depicting conditions in North Korea and human rights issues.
North KoreaAbductions issueZainichi Korean repatriationHuman rights
The Korean War: Kim Il-sung and MacArthur's Conspiracy
1993 History / Non-fictionA research non-fiction work using materials from the U.S. National Archives and other sources to examine the course of the Korean War and assign responsibility for its outbreak. References internal North Korean documents to argue for the North's planning.
Korean WarPrimary source researchMilitary history
The Messiah of an Immoral Cult: The Biography of Moon Sun-myung
1980 Non-fictionAn edited/compiled biography of Sun Myung Moon, investigating the nature of the religious movement and its leader.
Critique of religionCult studies
Bibliography
- Korean Intellectuals and Kim Chi-ha (as Guju Ide)
- To Democracy, Under the Chun Doo-hwan Regime: The People of South Korea
- Seoul and Pyongyang
- The Korean War: Kim Il-sung and MacArthur's Conspiracy
- My Story with a Friend Who Disappeared into North Korea
- Abductions, Nukes and the Starving Nation North Korea
- Kim Jong-il: The Hidden War
- North Korea: The Truth of the Kim Dynasty
Translations by Author
- Kim Chi-ha, Beyond the Long Darkness (translated, as Sendaro Shibuya)
- Lee Hyang-gu, Novel Kim Il-sung (translated, vols. 1–2)
- Hwang Jang-yop, Declaration of War on Kim Jong-il: Memoirs (translated)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Investigative, primary-source-focused non-fictionNarration combining testimony and documentary evidence
- Recurring Motifs
- North KoreaAbductionsZainichi KoreansHuman rights issues
Health
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Heart failure2017年12月Died in 2017 due to heart failure
Legacy
Left numerous books and translations on North Korea and Korean Peninsula issues, gaining attention for investigative work based on primary sources. Also known for contentious debates with political parties and scholars.
Trivia
- Real name Takao Sakamoto
- Former Pyongyang correspondent for the newspaper 'Shimbun Akahata'
- Former member of the Japanese Communist Party; later expelled (2005)
- Winner of the 30th Ōya Sōichi Nonfiction Prize (for 'My Story with a Friend Who Disappeared into North Korea')