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Hashimoto Osamu

はしもと おさむ

Hashimoto Osamu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-03-25 （Suginami, Tokyo, Japan）
Died
2019-01-29 （Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan） age 70
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan → Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Critic, Essayist
Active Years
1977-2019
Nominations
Daibutsu Jiro Award

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Group III / College of Arts and Sciences
Period: 1967-1971
Year of Graduation: 1971
Country: Japan
Member of Kabuki Study Group

Awards

Shosetsu Gendai Newcomer Award
1977
Work: Peach-Bottom Girl
Organization: Kodansha
Result: honorable mention
Shincho Academic Award
1996
Work: Religion Isn't Scary!
Organization: Shinchosha
Result: winner
Kobayashi Hideo Award
2002
Work: What Was Yukio Mishima?
Organization: Bungeishunju
Result: winner
Shibata Renzaburo Award
2005
Work: The Flight of the Butterfly
Organization: Shueisha
Result: winner
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2008
Work: Heike Monogatari Dual-tone Translation
Organization: Mainichi Shimbun
Result: winner
Noma Literary Prize
2018
Work: The Kusanagi Sword
Organization: Noma Cultural Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Peach-Bottom Girl

1977 Novel

Modern Translation of The Pillow Book

1987 Translation

The Flight of the Butterfly

2004 Novel

Heike Monogatari Dual-tone Translation

1998 Translation

The Kusanagi Sword

2018 Novel

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Colloquial writing style

Health

  • Microscopic polyangiitis
    2010
  • Maxillary sinus cancer
    2018

Legacy

He is highly regarded as a versatile writer, having worked extensively on classical translations, novels, and essays.

Archives

  • Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature

Quotes

  • He has been seriously playful.
    Source: AERA, Feb 11, 2019 (2019)

Trivia

  • His height was 180 cm
  • He wore nail polish during his university days