Ōshiro Tatsuhiro

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Ōshiro Tatsuhiro ( Japanese 大城 立 裕 ; born September 19, 1925 in Nakagusuku , Okinawa ) is a Japanese writer.

Ōshiro studied at the Toua Doubun University in Shanghai until 1945 . He worked for some time as a university professor and then as an administrative officer. From 1983 to 1986 he directed the Okinawa Prefectural Museum . For the novel Kakuteru Pātī (Cocktail Party ) he was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1967. In 1993 he received the Hirabayashi Taiko Literature Prize for Hi no hate kara . In 2000, the Okinawa Island Prize of Merit followed for his services to the literature of the region. His most important work is the historical novel Ryūkyū shobun .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ōshiro is the family name, Tatsuhiro the first name.
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SURNAME Ōshiro, Tatsuhiro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 大城 立 裕 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Nakagusuku