Kodansha Nonfiction Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1982) award
Susumu Tokunaga
とくなが すすむ
Tokunaga Susumu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-01-01 （Tottori Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tottori Prefecture, Japan → Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (studies)
Career
- Occupations
- Physician, Non-fiction writer
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Tottori Red Cross Hospital (physician, internal medicine), No-no-hana Clinic (founder, hospice care)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto University | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medicine | — | — | Japan |
Kyoto University
Faculty of Medicine
/ Department of Medicine
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Kodansha Non-Fiction Prize | A Smile Within Death | — | Kodansha | Winner |
Kodansha Non-Fiction Prize
1982
Work:
A Smile Within Death
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Smile Within Death
1982 Non-fictionA reportage drawing on encounters with death in clinical settings, highlighting terminal care and the humanity of patients.
end-of-life carehospicepatient dignity
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Love and the Dune Town (NHK Drama Ningen Moyō) (1983)
Isolation: The People of My Hometown Affected by Leprosy
1982 Non-fictionA reportage on the history of isolation and discrimination surrounding Hansen's disease and the lives of those displaced from their hometowns.
Hansen's diseasediscriminationsocial history
News from the Wildflower Hospice
2009 Essays / Non-fictionAn essay collection chronicling daily life at the No-no-hana hospice clinic, portraying clinical practice through interactions with patients, families, and caregivers.
hospice careclinical everyday lifeviews on life and death
Bibliography
- Isolation: The People of My Hometown Affected by Leprosy
- A Smile Within Death
- Rehearsal for Death
- Winds in Clinical Practice
- Nursing Theory in Spoken Language: Being Present at the Terminal
- The Hospital Room: A Message to the Classroom
- Family Without Form
- Beyond the Medical Chart
- Before the Wildflower Clinic
- A Day at the Wildflower Clinic
- People's Light: Beside Death
- Growing Old Is Also Fine: Encounters in Clinical Practice
- Is Dying Scary?
- Home Visits Along the Country Road
- Admission Guide to the Wildflower
- Home Hospice Notes
- Either Way: Clinics as a Habitat of Contradictory Words
Adaptations
- NHK Drama Ningen Moyō 'Love and the Dune Town' (1983) — based on 'A Smile Within Death'
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- reportage-style non-fictionclinical and observational descriptionclear, accessible prose
- Recurring Motifs
- boundaries between life and deathcare and empathycommunity and isolation
Legacy
A physician-writer who used clinical experience to communicate the realities of hospice and end-of-life care to the public, contributing to the spread of community medicine and palliative care.
In Popular Culture
- 'A Smile Within Death' was adapted into the NHK drama 'Love and the Dune Town'
Trivia
- In 1982 he won the Kodansha Non-Fiction Prize for 'A Smile Within Death'.
- In 2001 he founded the No-no-hana clinic with hospice care in Tottori City.