Noma Hiroshi
Noma Hiroshi ( Japanese 野 間 宏 ; born February 23, 1915 in Kobe ; † January 2, 1991 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese writer.
The son of a Buddhist priest became interested in Marxist ideology at an early age . He was enthusiastic about French symbolist poetry , read the works of James Joyce , André Gide and Marcel Proust and was a student of the poet Takeuchi Katsutarō before studying at the University of Kyoto from 1935 .
In 1941 he was drafted into military service and took part in fighting in China and the Philippines. After he was discharged from the army because of a malaria infection, he joined the Communist Party in 1944 , from which he was later expelled.
In 1946 he made his debut with the novel Kurai e . His most important work was the anti-war novel Shinkū chitai (1952), for which he was awarded the Mainichi Culture Prize. He also received the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for the novel Seinen no wa in 1971 and the Asahi Prize in 1988 .
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- John Scott Miller, "Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater," Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-5810-7 , p. 90
- Encyclopaedia Britannica - Noma Hiroshi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noma, Hiroshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 野 間 宏 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 1991 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |