Akiyuki Nosaka - was a Japanese novelist , singer , songwriter and member of the House of Councilors . As the author of the broadcast, he used the name Yukio Aki (阿木 由 紀 夫Aki Yukio ), and his pseudonym as a chanson singer was Claude Nosaka (坂 ロ ー ド 野 ō Kurdo Nosaka ).
Biography
Nosaka was born in Kamakura , Kanagawa , in the family of Sukeyuki Nosaka, who was the sub-governor of Niigata . Together with his sisters, he grew up as an adopted child of the Harimaya family (last name) in Nada, Kobe , Hyogo. Nosaka is part of the Generation of Ashes (Yakeato Sedai), which includes other writers such as Kenzabure Ke and Oda Makoto.
One of his sisters died as a result of malnutrition, and his adoptive father died during the bombing of Kobe in 1945 in World War II . Another sister died of malnutrition in Fukui . Later, Nosaka will base her story “ The Tomb of Fireflies ” on this experience. He is well known for his childhood stories about the war. His Grave Svetlyachkov and American Hijiki received the 58th Naoki Prize (1967 下).
His novel, The Pornographers , was translated into English and published in 1968. Based on the novel, the director Imamura filmed the movie The Pornographers . In December 1978, he gave the former wrestler and rugby player Susum Hara the pseudonym Ashura Hara .
He was elected to the Japan House of Councilors in 1983. Nosaka suffered a stroke in 2003, and although he suffered from it, he continued to write a column for the daily Mainichi Shimbun .
On NHK air on December 10, 2015, which reported the death of Nosaki, at 7:00 pm, a veteran journalist said that Nosaka is known for doubting what most people consider common sense, but now Japan has entered an era in which is no longer possible.
Works
- TV Commercials and Journal Articles (1950s)
- The Pornographers (エ ロ 事 師 た ちErogotoshi-tati ) content (1963) English translation by Michael Gallagher, ISBN 0-436-31530-0
- American Hijiki (ア メ リ カ ひ じ きAmerika Hijiki ) content (1967)
- Grave of Svetlyachkov (墓 垂 る の 墓Hotaru no Haka ) contents (1967)
- Military Stories for Children (1971)
- Whale who content fell in love with a submarine (2015) 戦 争 童話 集 ( Senso Dowashuu ), English translation by Ginny Tapley Takemori, ISBN 978-1-782690-27-6 [1]