Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1959) special award
Shimonaka Yasaburō
しもなか やさぶろう
Shimonaka Yasaburou
Aliases:
下中芳岳
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1878-06-12 （Imada Village, Taki District, Hyōgo Prefecture (now Tamba Sasayama)）
- Died
- 1961-02-21 （Unknown） age 82
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- teacher, newspaper editor, publisher, educational activist, labor activist, political activist
- Active Years
- 1898-1961
- Affiliations
- Heibonsha, Japan Teachers' Union Keimei-kai, Japanese National Socialist League, New Japan National Alliance, Imperial Rule Assistance Association, World Peace Appeal Seven-Person Committee, Japan Book Publishers Association
- Memberships
- Japan Book Publishers Association
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Mainichi Publishing Culture Award Special Prize | Encyclopedia of the World | — | Mainichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award Special Prize
1959
Work:
Encyclopedia of the World
Organization:
Mainichi Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
National Language in Elementary School
1901Biography of Saigō Takamori
1912Pocket Advisor: 'This is Convenient'
1923Bibliography
- National Language in Elementary School
- Biography of Saigō Takamori
- Pocket Advisor: 'This is Convenient'
Legacy
Founder of Heibonsha, renowned for encyclopedia publishing, dedicated to educational and labor movements, and contributed to peace movements after the war.
Trivia
- He died the night he received a reply letter from President Kennedy.