Hibino Shirō

Hibino Shirō ( Japanese 日 比 野 士朗 ; born April 29, 1903 in Tokyo Prefecture ; † September 10, 1975 ) was a Japanese writer.

Life

Hibino Shirō was born in Tokyo in 1903. He left the 8th high school in Nagoya prematurely and without a degree and worked for a while as an assistant teacher in a small town in Hyōgo prefecture . After his discharge from military service in 1939 he received the Iketani Shinzaburō Prize for Wusong Creek ( 呉 淞 ク リ ー ク ) . from 1942 on he was vice president of the cultural department in the Imperial Aid Society . His works are characterized by battle slogans and the firing of perseverance.

Works

• 1939 Wusong Creek ( 呉 淞 ク リ ー ク , Ūson Kurīku )
• 1940 Kiri no yoru ( 霧 の 夜 )
• 1941 Kaze mo midori ni ( 風 も 緑 に )
• 1942 Hitotsu no shinkō ( 一 つ の 思考 )
• 1942 Mazushii jinsei ( 貧 し い 人生 )
• 1942 Shuppatsu ( 出 発 )
• 1943 Ume no yado ( 梅 の 宿 )
• 1948 Akarui asa ga kuru ( 明 か る い 朝 が く る )
• 1978 Bashō saihakken ( 芭蕉 再 発 見 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chinese: "Wusong" is the name of a Chinese port city near Shanghai .
2. ↑ 日 比 野 士朗 . In: Digital-ban Nihonjin Daijiten + Plus. Kotobank / Kodansha, 2009, accessed March 21, 2011 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Hibino is the family name, Shirō the first name.