Kinoshita Junji ( Japanese 木 下 順 п Kinoshita Junji , August 2, 1914 , Tokyo - October 30, 2006 , Tokyo [1] ) is a Japanese playwright, translator and literary critic. Educated at the University of Tokyo at the Department of English Literature [1] .
| Junji Kinoshita | |
|---|---|
| jap. 木 下 順 二 | |
| Date of Birth | August 2, 1914 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo |
| Date of death | October 30, 2006 (92 years) |
| A place of death | Tokyo |
| Citizenship |  Japan |
| Occupation | playwright , translator , literary critic |
| Language of Works | Japanese |
He gained fame after the end of World War II , creating plays on the plots of folk tales (the so-called minva-geki ). Orientalist Nina Chegodar especially emphasized his play The Assumption of the Frog (Kavazu Seten, 1951), in which, according to her, "the writer’s former confidence in the further progressive movement of public life along the path of democracy is no longer felt." This play was written against the backdrop of the outbreak of the Korean War (1950-1953) and the persecution of the Communist Party of Japan [2] .
Awards and Prizes
- Kishida Prize for Drama (1947)
- Mainichi Press Drama Award (1949)
- Sankei Award for Children's, Books and Publications (1959)
- Mainichi Press Book Award (1959, 1965)
- Yomiuri Literary Prize (1978, 1984)
- Asahi Press Award (1986)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Kinoshita Junji . Encyclopædia Britannica. Date of treatment July 27, 2014. Archived July 27, 2014.
- ↑ Godagar, 1985 , p. 108.
Literature
- Chegodar N. I. Man and society in the post-war literature of Japan / Otv. ed. L. L. Gromkovskaya . - M .: Nauka, 1985 .-- S. 108-114. - 1600 copies.