Hisao Juran

Hisao Jūran ( Japanese 久 生 十 蘭 , actually Abe Masao ( 阿 部 正雄 ); born April 6, 1902 in Hakodate , † October 6, 1957 in Kamakura ) was a Japanese writer .

After attending middle school, Hisao became a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper . He also wrote poems and dealt with drama. He later studied French drama with Kashida Takashi , a student of Jacques Copeau , and wrote his first play Karuta Asobi no Domino in Tokyo in 1928 under the guidance of Kishida Kunio .

From 1929 to 1933 Hisao studied physics in Paris and was a student of the actor and director Charles Dullin . After returning to Japan, he directed the Tsukiji theater group. He has also published short stories, novels and short stories. With Suzuki Mondo he won the Naoki Prize in 1951 and with Boshizō (The Mother) in 1955 the short story competition of the New York Herald Tribune . His most important work is the novel Jūjigai (Cross Street).

He also used the pseudonyms Tanigawa Hayashi ( 谷川 早 ), 六 戸 部 力 and 石田 九万 吉 .

Works (selection)

• Karuta Asobi no Domino ( 骨牌 遊 び ド ミ ノ ), drama, 1928
• Kinrō ( 金 狼 ), narrative
• Bochi Tembōtei ( 墓地 展望 亭 ), short story
• Suzuki Mondo ( 鈴木 主 水 ), short story
• Boshizō ( 母子 像 ), short story
• Daikon ( だ い こ ん ), Roman
• Jūjigai ( 十字 街 ), novel
• Usuyuki Shō ( う す ゆ き 抄 ), novel
• Hadairo no Tsuki ( 肌 色 の 月 ), Roman

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• Kamakura City, Kamakura´s Literary Figures - Biography
• Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator: Hisao Juran and French Culture

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