Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1941) award
Shoju Kimura
きむら そうじゅう
Kimura Shoju
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1897-01-12 （Fukagawa, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture (now Koto, Tokyo, Japan)）
- Died
- 1967-05-06 age 70
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukagawa, Koto, Tokyo, Japan → Asakusa (Yoshiwara / Nihonzutsumi), Taito, Tokyo, Japan → Manchuria
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Journalist, Businessman
- Active Years
- 1920-1967
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University | — | — | — | 中退 | Japan |
Keio University
Period:
中退
Country:
Japan
Attended but dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Sunday Mainichi Popular Literary Prize | Blood Relations | — | Mainichi Newspapers | 受賞 |
| 1941 | Naoki Prize | Yunnan Garrison Soldier | — | Naoki Prize Selection Committee | 受賞 |
Sunday Mainichi Popular Literary Prize
1932
Work:
Blood Relations
Organization:
Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
受賞
Naoki Prize
1941
Work:
Yunnan Garrison Soldier
Organization:
Naoki Prize Selection Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Blood Relations
1932 NovelA work exploring family ties and interpersonal conflicts.
familyblood tieshuman drama
Yunnan Garrison Soldier
1941 War novelA wartime novel set in Yunnan focusing on soldiers and military life.
warmilitaryduty
Laughing Self-Portrait
1959 Autobiographical novelAn autobiographical novel drawing on the author's own experiences and memories.
autobiographymemoirpersonal history
Equatorial Ocean Currents
1940 Adventure novelAn adventure novel with maritime and voyage elements.
voyageadventuresea
Bibliography
- Rakudo Aishi / Borders (Shin-ei Popular Novel Series, vol.15) (1937)
- Equatorial Ocean Currents (1940)
- Private First Class Naruse (1941)
- The Earth Roars (1942)
- Bengal Militia (1942)
- Continental Assault Corps (1942)
- The Beautiful Naval Battle (1942)
- Crossing Asia (1942)
- Detective Picture Artist (1948)
- Foolish Passion (1948)
- Flowers Blooming in a Secret Land (1948)
- Five Thousand Miles of Enchanted Lands (1955)
- Ronin Road (1955)
- Glass Mansion (1956)
- The Disguised Bride (1956)
- I Am Free (1958)
- Laughing Self-Portrait (1959)
- Golden Hell (1960)
- The Knife Tycoon: Biography of Koizumi Koichiro (1966)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- popular-fiction narrative stylerealistic with autobiographical elements
- Recurring Motifs
- family and blood tiesmilitary and wartime experienceManchuria/overseas experiencesdepictions of urban lower strata
Legacy
Shoju Kimura was an author active in the Taisho–Showa era, noted for works such as "Blood Relations" (1932) and the Naoki Prize-winning "Yunnan Garrison Soldier" (1941). His Manchurian experiences and autobiographical writings portray contemporary society and personal history.
Archives
- National Diet Library (Japan)
- Aozora Bunko (Works list)
Trivia
- Born as the tenth son of a concubine of the owner of the 'Iroha' beef stew chain.
- At age four his birth mother disappeared; he was raised in Asakusa / Nihonzutsumi branch environments thereafter.
- Attended Keio University but dropped out.
- Travelled to Manchuria where he worked as a journalist and managed a commentary/publishing company; reunited with his mother there before her death.
- Half-siblings included writers, a painter and a film director.