Hasegawa Shirō
Hasegawa Shirō ( Japanese 長谷川 四郎 ; * June 7, 1909 , † April 19, 1987 ) was a Japanese writer and translator.
Hasegawa came from Hokkaidō and studied German literature at Hōsei University . After graduating, he worked for the South Manchurian Railway . The brother of the writer Hayashi Fubo translated works by well-known European writers including Franz Kafka , Bertolt Brecht and Samuel Beckett into Japanese. During World War II he spent five years as a prisoner of war in Siberia. He worked on his experiences in Siberia monogatari ( シ ベ リ ヤ 物語 , Shiberiya monogatari ). The work, published in 1951, secured him a place among the most important authors of Japanese post-war literature.
source
- Japan Encyclopedia , Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 9780674017535 , p. 293
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hasegawa, Shirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 長谷川 四郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hokkaidō |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1987 |