Akutagawa Prize
1 appearances
Inoue Yasushi
いのうえ やすし
Inoue Yasushi
Pen Names:
Inoue Yasu（Pen name used in poetry activities）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-05-06 （Asahikawa Town, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido, Japan）
- Died
- 1991-01-29 （National Cancer Center, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan） age 83
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet
- Active Years
- 1936-1991
- Memberships
- Member of Japan Art Academy
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Philosophy | — | 1932-1936 | Japan |
Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Philosophy
Period:
1932-1936
Year of Graduation:
1936
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Akutagawa Prize | Bullfighting | — | Bungeishunjū | 受賞 |
| 1958 | Art Encouragement Prize by Minister of Education | The Roof of Tenpyō | — | Art Encouragement Prize | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Japan Art Academy Prize | Cliff of Ice | — | Japan Art Academy | 受賞 |
| 1960 | Mainichi Art Award | Dunhuang | — | Mainichi Newspapers | 受賞 |
| 1960 | Bungeishunjū Readers' Award | Blue Wolf | — | Bungeishunjū | 受賞 |
| 1961 | Noma Literary Prize | Diary of Yodo | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Yomiuri Literary Prize | Waves and Whispers | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1969 | Japan Literary Grand Prize | The Drunken Dream of Orosriya | — | Japan Literary Promotion Society | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Order of Culture | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 1980 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Asahi Prize | — | — | Asahi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Japan Literary Grand Prize | Records of Monk Hongaku | — | Japan Literary Promotion Society | 受賞 |
Akutagawa Prize
1950
Work:
Bullfighting
Organization:
Bungeishunjū
Result:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize by Minister of Education
1958
Work:
The Roof of Tenpyō
Organization:
Art Encouragement Prize
Result:
受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1959
Work:
Cliff of Ice
Organization:
Japan Art Academy
Result:
受賞
Mainichi Art Award
1960
Work:
Dunhuang
Organization:
Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
受賞
Bungeishunjū Readers' Award
1960
Work:
Blue Wolf
Organization:
Bungeishunjū
Result:
受賞
Noma Literary Prize
1961
Work:
Diary of Yodo
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Prize
1964
Work:
Waves and Whispers
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Japan Literary Grand Prize
1969
Work:
The Drunken Dream of Orosriya
Organization:
Japan Literary Promotion Society
Result:
受賞
Order of Culture
1976
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1980
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Asahi Prize
1985
Organization:
Asahi Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Japan Literary Grand Prize
1982
Work:
Records of Monk Hongaku
Organization:
Japan Literary Promotion Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Noma Literary Award
3 appearances
-
Edition 9 (1956) nominee
-
Edition 14 (1961) award
-
Edition 42 (1989) award
Japan Art Academy Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 15 (1959) award
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 15 (1963) award
Japan Literary Grand Award
2 appearances
-
Edition 1 (1969) award
-
Edition 14 (1982) award
Kikuchi Kan Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 34 (1980) award
Works
Major Works
Bullfighting
1950 NovelAdaptations
- [Film] Bullfighting (1950)
Health
-
esophageal cancer1986Gave lectures in intensive care after surgery
Legacy
Highly regarded as a representative postwar writer
Museums
- Inoue Yasushi Memorial Museum Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan