Tanizaki Junichiro Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1974) award
Yoshimi Usui
うすい よしみ
Usui Yoshimi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1905-06-17 （Mitamura, Minamiazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (now Azumino)）
- Died
- 1987-07-12 （Shimotakaido, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan） age 82
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Editor, Critic
- Active Years
- 1929-1987
- Affiliations
- Japan Art Academy
- Memberships
- Japan Art Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Faculty of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Letters
Year of Graduation:
1929
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Art Encouragement Prize of the Minister of Education | Modern Literary Controversy | — | Ministry of Education, Japan | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize | Azumino | — | Shinchōsha | 受賞 |
Art Encouragement Prize of the Minister of Education
1956
Work:
Modern Literary Controversy
Organization:
Ministry of Education, Japan
Result:
受賞
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize
1974
Work:
Azumino
Organization:
Shinchōsha
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (1983) special award
Works
Major Works
Azumino
1965 NovelA historical epic novel set in the Azumino region of Nagano Prefecture.
Local lifeHistory
Leo
1979 NovelA historical novel set against the backdrop of the Boshin War and the Meiji Restoration.
HistoryRestoration
Health
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acute heart failure
Legacy
Contributed significantly to postwar Japanese literature through editing large-scale collections at Chikuma Shobō and is known for epic novels such as Azumino and Leo.
Museums
- Usui Yoshimi Literary Museum Azumino, Nagano, Japan
Academic Societies
- Japan Art Academy
In Popular Culture
- Appeared on the NHK quiz show 'Sore wa watashi desu'.
Trivia
- He appeared as a contestant on the NHK quiz show 'Sore wa watashi desu'.