Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1982) award
Usami Sho
うさみ しょう
Usami Shō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-05-01 （Tianjin, China）
- Died
- 2003-05-07 age 79
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Mikage, Muko District, Hyogo (now Higashinada-ku, Kobe) → Nagoya (worked at Asahi Shimbun Nagoya bureau) → Tokyo (Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Journal)
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, non-fiction writer, author
- Active Years
- 1953-2003
- Affiliations
- Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Journal (editorial department)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
Year of Graduation:
1953
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ōya Soichi Nonfiction Prize | Sayonara Japan: The Exile of Picture-book Artist Tarō Yashima and Mitsuko | — | Ōya Soichi Nonfiction Prize Committee | winner |
Ōya Soichi Nonfiction Prize
1982
Work:
Sayonara Japan: The Exile of Picture-book Artist Tarō Yashima and Mitsuko
Organization:
Ōya Soichi Nonfiction Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sayonara Japan: The Exile of Picture-book Artist Tarō Yashima and Mitsuko
1981 non-fictionA piece of literary reportage focusing on picture-book artist Tarō Yashima and his wife Mitsuko, combining childhood recollections and later acquaintance to examine exile and personal revelations.
exilebiographyart
Ikebukuro Montparnasse: The Taisho Democracy Painters
1990 art history / non-fictionA researched nonfiction work depicting the art culture of Ikebukuro and its Taisho-era painters.
art historyTaisho periodcultural history
The Painter at Lulu's House: The Story of the Maruki Couple Who Kept Painting the Atomic Bomb
1978 non-fiction (children's)A children's nonfiction account conveying the Maruki couple's devotion to painting the atomic bomb and the importance of remembering.
atomic bombmemoryartistic expression
Records of Truth and Courage
1971 non-fictionOne of his nonfiction works published for younger readers.
educationsociety
Bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- documentary, reportage-based proseobjective descriptive style typical of non-fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- portraits of artistswar and atomic-bomb memorypersonal history and exile
Legacy
A former Asahi Shimbun reporter, known for reportage-based nonfiction and documentary literature. His books on art, war and the atomic bomb contributed to postwar memory preservation and art-historical reassessment.
Trivia
- Born in Tianjin and raised in Mikage (Hyogo).
- Left his post as a reporter at Asahi Shimbun in 1979 and became a writer of documentary literature.
- Won the Ōya Soichi Nonfiction Prize in 1982 for 'Sayonara Japan'.