Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1958) award
Yoshio Nitta
にった よしお
Nitta Yoshio
Aliases:
寺田義男
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1922-05-24 （Hyōgo Prefecture）
- Died
- 2006-12-16 age 84
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 1958-2006
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | — | — | Bungakukai | Winner |
Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
1958
Organization:
Bungakukai
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Yahari Kamisama wa Ita: Nihon no Gankutsu-ō (Yoshida Ishimatsu)
1963 Non-fiction / Biography
biographyreal-life portrait
Intense! Guadalcanal
1972 War chronicle
Pacific Warbattlefield experience
Gakyō Ichidai: A Novel of Katsushika Hokusai
1989 Historical novel
Hokusaiartist's life
The Daimyō's Head
1989 Period novel
Bakumatsupolitical incident
Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Ware Kaigan Seri
1990 Period novel
swordsmanshipschools and master-disciple relations
Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Shinken Harai Sute-gatana
1991 Period novel
swordsmanshiptales of swordsmen
Yagyū Hana-yōken
1994 Period novel
Yagyū clanschool conflicts
An Extraordinary Man: Tokugawa Yoshimune
1995 Historical novel
Tokugawa Yoshimunepolitics and reform
Sute-shin Juubee Zue: Yagyū Hana-yōken
1995 Period novel
sword chivalryschool-centric stories
Bibliography
- Yahari Kamisama wa Ita: Nihon no Gankutsu-ō (Yoshida Ishimatsu)
- Intense! Guadalcanal
- Gakyō Ichidai: A Novel of Katsushika Hokusai
- The Daimyō's Head
- Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Ware Kaigan Seri
- Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Shinken Harai Sute-gatana
- Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Hiken Miyama
- Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Satsujinken Shura
- Kensei Itō Ittōsai: Musō Katsu-jin Ken
- Yagyū Hana-yōken
- Sappō Matsu no Ha: Yagyū Hana-yōken
- An Extraordinary Man: Tokugawa Yoshimune
- Sute-shin Juubee Zue: Yagyū Hana-yōken
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- historically grounded narrativerealist descriptionstyle emphasizing period accuracy
- Recurring Motifs
- swords and swordsmanshipsamurai and swordsmenconflict of duty and convictionEdo/Bakumatsu political background
Health
-
congestive heart failure2006Died in 2006; creative activity ended
Legacy
After winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize in 1958, he mainly wrote period and historical novels. He is known for works about swordsmen and historical figures.
Archives
- National Diet Library (NDL) identifier available
Trivia
- His real name was Terada Yoshio.
- Won the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize in 1958 for "墓場の野師".
- Born in Hyōgo Prefecture.
- Has VIAF and National Diet Library (NDL) identifiers.
- Died in 2006 of congestive heart failure.