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Kazuo Hirotsu

ひろつ かずお

Hirotsu Kazuo

Aliases: 廣津和郎

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1891-12-05 (Yarai-cho, Ushigome Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1968-09-21 (Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) age 76
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
novelist, literary critic, translator
Active Years
1912-1968
Affiliations
Japan Art Academy
Memberships
Japan Art Academy

Education

Azabu Junior High and High School
Period: –1909
Year of Graduation: 1909
Country: Japan
He was often absent due to poor health.
Waseda University
Department of English Literature
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 1910-1913
Year of Graduation: 1913
Country: Japan

Awards

Noma Literary Prize
1963
Organization: Noma Foundation
Result: winner
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1963
Organization: Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Age of Neurosis

1917 Novel

Two Unfortunates

1918 Novel

Embracing a Dead Child

1919 Novel

Let the Wind and Rain Be Strong

1933 Novel

The Matsukawa Incident and Trials

1964 Non-fiction

Health

  • Poor health
    幼少期
    He was often absent due to poor health.
  • Suspected bladder cancer
    1945年
    Health deterioration.
  • Heart attack
    1968年9月
    Death

Legacy

He is regarded as a pioneer of the Japanese I-novel in modern literature.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy