Yoshio Nakano - Japanese Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1903-08-02 （Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan）
Died: 1985-02-20 age 81
Nationality: Japan
Languages: Japanese

Career

Occupations: English literature scholar, critic, translator
Active Years: 1934-1985
Influenced By: Isamu Saito
Influenced: Junji Kinoshita, Saiichi Maruya, Takashi Nozaki

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Tokyo Imperial University	Faculty of Letters	Department of English Literature	—	—	Japan

Tokyo Imperial University

Faculty of Letters / Department of English Literature

Year of Graduation: 1926

Country: Japan

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1967	Mainichi Publishing Culture Award	The Fun of Shakespeare	—	Mainichi Newspapers	受賞
1974	Osaragi Jiro Award	Roka Tokutomi Kenjiro	—	Osaragi Jiro Award Committee	受賞
1978	Ryukyu Shimpo Prize	—	—	Ryukyu Shimpo	受賞
1982	Asahi Prize	—	—	Asahi Shimbun	受賞

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award

1967

Work: The Fun of Shakespeare

Organization: Mainichi Newspapers

Result: 受賞

Osaragi Jiro Award

1974

Work: Roka Tokutomi Kenjiro

Organization: Osaragi Jiro Award Committee

Result: 受賞

Ryukyu Shimpo Prize

1978

Organization: Ryukyu Shimpo

Result: 受賞

Asahi Prize

1982

Organization: Asahi Shimbun

Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award 1 appearances

Edition 21 (1967) award

Osaragi Jiro Award 1 appearances

Edition 1 (1974) award

Works

Major Works

The Fun of Shakespeare

1967

Roka Tokutomi Kenjiro

1972

Style & Themes

Literary Style: cynicalrobust stylefluent translations
Recurring Motifs: social criticismpacifism

Health

Liver cancer

Legacy

Known for blending Anglo-American literary research and social criticism, he influenced postwar Japanese literary circles through his wide-ranging activities.

Quotes

It's no longer postwar

Source: Bungei Shunju February 1956 issue (1956)