Akutagawa Prize
1 appearances
Nobuo Kojima
こじま のぶお
Kojima Nobuo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-02-28 （Kano Town, Gifu Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2006-10-26 age 91
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1953-2006
- Affiliations
- Chiba Prefectural Sawara Byakuyō High School, Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa High School, Meiji University Faculty of Science and Technology
- Memberships
- Japan Art Academy, Person of Cultural Merit
- Influenced By
- Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Atsushi Mori
- Influenced
- Akio Gotō, Komimasa Tanaka, Minako Ōba, Toshiyuki Horie, Kazushi Hosaka, Kenichirō Isozaki, Yūzō Tsubouchi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of English Literature | 学士 | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of English Literature
Degree:
学士
Year of Graduation:
1941
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Akutagawa Prize | American School | — | Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature | 受賞 |
| 1965 | Tanizaki Prize | Embracing Family | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Art Encouragement Prize by Ministry of Education | My Literary Biography | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Japan Literature Grand Prize | My Career as a Writer | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Japan Art Academy Prize | Reasons for Parting | — | Japan Art Academy | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Noma Literary Prize | Reasons for Parting | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Yomiuri Literary Prize | Beautiful Days | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 2006 | Senior Fourth Rank | — | — | Government of Japan | 叙位 |
Akutagawa Prize
1955
Work:
American School
Organization:
Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature
Result:
受賞
Tanizaki Prize
1965
Work:
Embracing Family
Result:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize by Ministry of Education
1972
Work:
My Literary Biography
Result:
受賞
Japan Literature Grand Prize
1981
Work:
My Career as a Writer
Result:
受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1982
Work:
Reasons for Parting
Organization:
Japan Art Academy
Result:
受賞
Noma Literary Prize
1982
Work:
Reasons for Parting
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Prize
1998
Work:
Beautiful Days
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
2004
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Senior Fourth Rank
2006
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
叙位
Awards & Nominations
Tanizaki Junichiro Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 1 (1965) award
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
-
Edition 23 (1973) award
Japan Literary Grand Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 13 (1981) award
Noma Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 35 (1982) award
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 49 (1997) award
Works
Major Works
American School
1954 FictionEmbracing Family
1965 FictionMy Career as a Writer
1980 EssayMino
1981 FictionReasons for Parting
1982 FictionBeautiful Days
1997 FictionStyle & Themes
- Literary Style
- avant-gardeabstract expression
Health
-
Pneumonia2006年cause of death
Legacy
Pioneered avant-garde techniques in Japanese literature
Academic Societies
- Japan Art Academy
Trivia
- Died at the age of 91 from pneumonia