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Takai Yuichi

たかい ゆういち

Takai Yūichi

Pen Names: Taguchi Tetsurobirth name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-04-27 (Nagasaki Town, Kita-Toshima District, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (now Toshima Ward, Tokyo))
Died
2016-10-26 age 84
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
novelist
Active Years
1965-2016
Affiliations
Kyodo News, Editor-in-chief of quarterly 'Buntai'
Memberships
Japan Art Academy, Japan Writers’ Association, The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature

Education

Waseda University
Second Faculty of Letters / Department of English Literature
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 1952-1955
Year of Graduation: 1955
Country: Japan
Transferred from Seikei University

Awards

Akutagawa Prize
1966
Organization: Bungeishunjū
Result: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize, Minister of Education Award
1977
Organization: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Result: 受賞
Tanizaki Junichiro Prize
1984
Organization: Tanizaki Junichiro Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
1990
Organization: Yomiuri Shimbun
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Art Award
1992
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Osarubutsu Jiro Prize
1999
Organization: Osarubutsu Jiro Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Noma Literary Prize
2002
Organization: Noma Cultural Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

1966 Novel

1976 Novel

1983 Novel

1989 Novel

Health

  • heart failure

Legacy

Museums

  • Shinchosha Memorial Literature Museum Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, Japan