Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1940) award
Sensuke Kawachi
かわち せんすけ
Kawachi Sensuke
Pen Names:
Fusajiro Shiono（Birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1898-10-21 （Osaka, Japan）
- Died
- 1954-02-21 age 55
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Osaka, Japan → Tokyo, Japan → Katase (Fujisawa, Kanagawa), Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1921-1954
- Affiliations
- Shinchosha (publisher), Shin Shosetsu-sha (publisher)
- Influenced By
- Ton Satomi, Shin Hasegawa, Shuji Hojo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Municipal Tennoji Commercial School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Osaka Municipal Tennoji Commercial School
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Naoki Prize | Gunji Yubin (Military Mail) | — | Naoki Prize selection committee | Winner |
Naoki Prize
1940
Work:
Gunji Yubin (Military Mail)
Organization:
Naoki Prize selection committee
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gunji Yubin (Military Mail)
1940 Short story collectionA short story collection published in 1940. It includes the title story Gunji Yubin, which won the 11th Naoki Prize.
warmilitary lifehuman relationships
Adaptations
- [Film] Yamataka Boushi / 島耕二 (1941)
Isho / Testament
1941 Short story collectionPublished in 1941; a short story collection including the title piece "Isho". The title story served as the basis for a film adaptation.
familydeathhuman relationships
Adaptations
- [Film] Mother Does Not Die / 成瀬巳喜男 (1942)
Victoria-go (The Victoria)
1942 Short story collectionPublished in 1942; a collection of short stories that includes pieces themed on the sea and mixed-heritage characters.
seafamilymixed heritage
Record of My Sister
1942 Short story collectionA 1942 publication compiling short stories focused on sister relationships and reminiscence.
sisterhoodreminiscencenostalgia
Kaze Saeyuru (The Wind Grows Clear)
1947 Short story collectionPublished in 1947; contains works depicting postwar scenes and human conditions.
postwarhuman conditionsnostalgia
Malai's Moon: Yano Memorial Children's Tales (editor)
1943 Edited collection; children's storiesAn edited memorial collection of children's tales published in 1943.
memorialchildren's literature
Bibliography
- Gunji Yubin (Shinchosha, 1940)
- Isho (Chikushi Shobo, 1941)
- Victoria-go (Nisshinsha, 1942)
- Waga Ane no Ki (Taikodo, 1942)
- Malai's Moon: Yano Memorial Children's Tales (editor, Taikodo, 1943)
- Kaze Saeyuru (Akatake Shobo, 1947)
Adaptations
- Yamataka Boushi (1941, dir. Shimakoji / 島耕二)
- Mother Does Not Die (1942, dir. Mikio Naruse)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Literary fiction orientationFocus on short storiesPsychological, character-driven writing
- Recurring Motifs
- war and military lifefamily relationshipsnostalgia and reminiscenceloss
Legacy
Although he won the 11th Naoki Prize, he published little after the war and became a relatively obscure writer. Several of his works were adapted into films, and his connections with contemporary writers and publishers are noted.
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan (NDL) holdings / record (ID: 00333559)
Trivia
- Birth name was Fusajiro Shiono.
- Won the 11th Naoki Prize in 1940 for "Gunji Yubin" (Military Mail).
- During World War II he served as a dormitory superintendent at a munitions factory in Katase.
- His son, Shusaku (Shiono) Shiono, became an editor and worked at the Hochi Shimbun.