biography
pronunciation:
[ohay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1935– )
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| biography:
| Novelist and short-story writer, born in Shikoku, S Japan. He studied French at the University of Tokyo, and became known for his short stories capturing the mood of post-war Japan, such as The Catch (trans 1959, Akutagawa Prize). His major books include Hiroshima Notes (1965; trans 1981), A Personal Matter (1964; trans 1968), The Silent Cry (1967; trans 1974, Tanizaki Prize), and A Healing Family (trans 1996). He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. Later work includes Grand Street 55 (1999). |
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