Takiji Yuriko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1976) award
Shunichi Nishizawa
にしざわ しゅんいち
Nishizawa Shun'ichi
Pen Names:
Katsuyama Shunsuke（Pen name used for plays and novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-08-17 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2008-12-10 age 80
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Budapest, Hungary → Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- critic, writer, playwright, editor, political activist
- Active Years
- 1946-2008
- Affiliations
- Japanese Communist Party, Japanese Democratic Youth League, World Federation of Democratic Youth, Akahata Editorial Bureau
- Memberships
- Japanese Communist Party, Japanese Democratic Youth League
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Tokyo High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| University of Tokyo | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Old Tokyo High School
Country:
Japan
University of Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Japanese Communist Party 45th Anniversary Literary Contest Prize | Kaiten-jiku | 戯曲 | Japanese Communist Party | 入賞 |
| 1975 | Takiji-Yuriko Prize | Literature and Contemporary Ideology | — | Takiji-Yuriko Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Japanese Communist Party 45th Anniversary Literary Contest Prize
1967
Work:
Kaiten-jiku
Category:
戯曲
Organization:
Japanese Communist Party
Result:
入賞
Takiji-Yuriko Prize
1975
Work:
Literature and Contemporary Ideology
Organization:
Takiji-Yuriko Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Literature and Contemporary Ideology
1975 criticismA collection of essays discussing the relationship between literature and contemporary ideology, containing essays relevant to literary debates of the 1970s.
ideologyliterary criticismpolitics and culture
Love and Morality
1976 criticismA collection of essays that criticizes prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and other topics as 'sexual decadence'.
sex and moralitysocial criticism
Kaiten-jiku
1967 playA play published under the pen name Katsuyama Shunsuke; it won a prize in the Japanese Communist Party's 45th anniversary literary contest.
politicshuman relationships
Tenbashi Gijuku
novelOne of his novels. Detailed publication year and extended descriptions are limited in available sources.
fictionsocial depiction
On 'Koutsu-Heitei' – Iroha Ni Hoheto
1981 criticismA critical work offering a thorough critique of Shigeharu Nakano's 'Koutsu-Heitei'.
literary criticismcontroversy
Bibliography
- Kaiten-jiku
- Genesis (play)
- Tenbashi Gijuku
- Literature and Contemporary Ideology
- Love and Morality
- On 'Koutsu-Heitei' – Iroha Ni Hoheto
- Collected Works of Katsuyama Shunsuke (4 volumes)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Marxist and ideology-critical stylePolemic and theoretical criticism
- Recurring Motifs
- ideologysexual norms and moralitythe social role of literature
Legacy
An important polemicist in Japanese leftist cultural criticism. Known for controversial critiques that influenced literary debates from the 1970s onward; some of his criticisms of sexual minorities later became subjects of party review and apology.
Trivia
- Used the pen name Katsuyama Shunsuke for plays and novels.
- Joined the Japanese Communist Party in 1946.
- Won the 8th Takiji-Yuriko Prize in 1975 for 'Literature and Contemporary Ideology'.
- Served for ten years as head of the Chiba branch of the national Parkinson's disease association.