Kon Kan'ichi - Japanese Literary Awards

プロフィール

性別: 男性
生誕: 1909-12-08 （Nishimomori, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan）
死没: 1983-03-01 73歳
国籍: Japan
言語: Japanese
宗教: Protestant 1926年受洗
居住地歴: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業: Novelist, Poet, Editor
活動期間: 1940年〜1983年
影響を受けた人物: Osamu Dazai, Shigeharu Nakada, Kōjirō Fukushi

学歴

学校	学部	学科	学位	期間	国
To-o Gijuku High School	—	—	—	—	Japan
Waseda University	Department of Russian Literature	Department of Russian Literature	—	中退	Japan

To-o Gijuku High School

国: Japan

Baptized by Nakada Shigeharu while a student

Waseda University

Department of Russian Literature / Department of Russian Literature

期間: 中退

国: Japan

Left before graduation from the Department of Russian Literature

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1956	Naoki Prize	Wall Flower	—	Naoki Prize Selection Committee	受賞

Naoki Prize

1956

対象作品: Wall Flower

主催: Naoki Prize Selection Committee

結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

Naoki Sanjugo Award 1回登壇

第35回（1956年） award

作品

代表作

Seagull Chapter

1940年 Novel

Published in 1940; a prewar linked-piece/short story work that depicts the sea and regional life.

searegional lifehuman relationships

Dragon Chapter

1941年 Novel

Published in 1941; a work from the wartime-adjacent period characterized by lyrical and symbolic narration.

symbolismlyricisminner life

Phantom Flower Journey

1949年 Novel

Published in 1949; a mid-period work incorporating fantastical motifs.

fantasymemorynostalgia

Wall Flower

1956年 Novel

Published in 1956; winner of the 35th Naoki Prize. A work that examines human relationships and solitude.

solitudeinterpersonal relationshipssocial depiction

The Cowherd's Seat

1961年 Novel

Published in 1961; a novel about Edwin Dun, who served as a Hokkaido development official, treating historical figures as its subject.

historybiographical fictionsettlement

全著作

Seagull Chapter
Dragon Chapter
Phantom Flower Journey
Homeland of Literature (editor)
Wall Flower
Pier No.13
The Poet Fukushi Kōjirō
The Story of the Akō Loyalists
Sumidagawa's Mississippi Stylus (Poems)
Natural History of Elegance
The Virgin in the Square Bottle
The Cowherd's Seat
Japan's Sensual Beauties
Osamu Dazai (Volume 1)
KONKAN's Tsugaru-bushi
Unsinkable: Battleship Nagato
Collected Works of Kon Kan'ichi Vol.1: 'Leaves of the Great Trees'
Works of Kon Kan'ichi
Remembered People
My Friend Osamu Dazai
Daddy, the House Is Burning
Silver Hairpin & Sea Lilies: Selected Works of Kon Kan'ichi

作風・主題

文体: Strong regionalist depiction reflecting the Tsugaru landscapeLyrical and descriptive narrative styleBlend of reality and fantasy in expression
頻出モチーフ: Tsugaru regionsea and fishing villagesnostalgiasolitudememory

評価・遺産

A 20th-century Japanese novelist and poet known for works rooted in the Tsugaru region. He won the 35th Naoki Prize in 1956 for 'Wall Flower'. A friend of Osamu Dazai, his work is noted for combining regional sensibility and lyrical expression.

豆知識

He is credited with naming the memorial 'Sakuto-ki' (cherry memorial).
Baptized by Shigeharu Nakada in 1926 (Protestant).
Dropped out of Waseda University's Department of Russian Literature.
Won the 35th Naoki Prize in 1956 for 'Wall Flower'.
Born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture