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Takeda Taijun

たけだ たいじゅん

Takeda Taijun

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Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-02-12 (Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Died
1976-10-05 (Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan) age 64
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Religion
Jōdo-shū
Residence History
Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan → Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan → Fujizakura Plateau, Narusawa Village, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi, Japan → Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Buddhist priest, University professor
Active Years
1943-1976

Education

Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Chinese Literature
Country: Japan
Dropped out

Awards

Japanese Literature Grand Prize
1973
Work: Pleasure
Result: 受賞
Noma Literary Prize
1976
Work: A Dizzying Walk
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Edge of the Viper

1948 Novel

Wind-Pollinated Flower

1952 Novel

Hikarigoke

1954 Novel

Festival of Forest and Lake

1955 Novel
Adaptations
  • [Film] Festival of Forest and Lake (1958)

Fuji

1969 Novel

Pleasure

1972 Novel

Health

  • Cerebral thrombosis
    1971年
    Left with hemiplegia
  • Stomach and liver cancer
    1976年
    Death

Legacy

Regarded as a representative post-war writer, his materials were donated to the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature.

Museums

  • Museum of Modern Japanese Literature Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan