Yasushi Inoue

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Yasushi Inoue

Yasushi Inoue ( Japanese 井上 靖 , Inoue Yasushi ; born May 6, 1907 in Asahikawa , Hokkaidō ; † January 29, 1991 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese writer .

Life

Yasushi Inoue was born on Hokkaidō, where his father, a military doctor, was temporarily stationed. Inoue spent most of his childhood with his grandparents, who lived on the Izu Peninsula, not far from Mount Fuji. Inoue studied in Kyūshū , then Kyōto , with degrees in art and history in 1935. Although Inoue had already found professional recognition as a writer, he began working as a journalist for Mainichi Shimbun . He wrote for the newspaper for a number of years, except when he was serving in northern China for several months in 1937.

Early works

After the Pacific War ended , Inoue began his writing career. He found the subject for his novel The Bullfight (1949) in the chaotic post-war society of Japan. The novel was in 1950 with the prestigious Akutagawa Prize awarded. A simultaneous success was his short novel Das Jagdgewehr , which impresses with its narrative technique: A lonely hunter, motivated by his previously published poem Das Jagdgewehr , presents the narrator with three farewell letters: from his wife, his lover and their daughter. The reader is told the story of adultery, a forbidden love marked by loneliness and emotional coldness.

Inoue became one of the most prolific and respected writers, writing on a variety of subjects and for all reading levels. His novel Black Flood (1950) deals with the mysterious murder of a prominent public figure and was the starting point for a wave of dramatizing social and political conflicts. The ice wall , a story about a love triangle, ends in a sudden death when the three of them climb an alpine wall. Die Eiswand was first published as a series in a daily newspaper, and in 1959 it won the Japan Art Academy award.

Historical and autobiographical works

Inoue's most important works are historical and autobiographical works, mostly lightly concealed as poetry. The temple roof is a skilful reconstruction of the efforts of Japanese and Chinese monks who endeavored to introduce Buddhism to Japan in the 8th century. Other works that strive for authenticity and straightforwardness are Wind und Wellen (1963), a poignant portrait of the struggle of Korean monarchs to protect their country against the attacking Mongols, and Go-Shirakawa (1970), a portrait of a Japanese emperor, based on diaries of a subordinate. The trip to Samarkand (1968-1969) authored Inoue primarily as a historian and traveler. He describes the past and present of the ancient cities in Central Asia and the caravan routes that connect them. The story Meine Mutter (1975) is designed in the form of traditional records. One of his last works is Confucius ( Kōshi ), 1987 to 1989, which describes the life and work of Confucius.

Loneliness and interpersonal relationships define many of his works, which include historical novels, essays, and poems. In addition to many other literary prizes with which his work was awarded. In 1976 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits and then awarded the cultural order by the emperor . In 1985 Inoue was a guest of the West Berlin Horizonte Festival (Horizonte Festival der Weltkulturen : No. 3, 1985) together with writers from China, Japan, Indonesia and Taiwan.

Since 1993 there has been a literature and culture award named after him, as well as the Yasushi Inoue memorial in his hometown. His works have been translated into many languages. There are film adaptations of his novels. a. by Ōno Yasuko, M. Kazuo and Inagaki Hirosho. In Germany he is one of the most widely read Japanese authors.

After Das Jagdgewehr , the composer Thomas Larcher wrote his first opera of the same name, which premiered at the Bregenz Festival 2018 under the direction of Karl Markovics . Friederike Gösweiner wrote the libretto .

Awards

In 1969 Inoue was proposed for the Nobel Prize for Literature by Erich Ruprecht , Professor of Modern German Literature at Philipps University in Marburg .

Works (selection)

  • 1949 Ryōjū ( 猟 銃 , novella)
  • 1949 Tōgyū ( 闘 牛 , The Bullfight), novel. German 1971, ISBN 3-518-37444-3 .
  • 1950 Kuroi ushio ( 黯 い 潮 , Black Tide), novel. German 2000, ISBN 3-518-22334-8 .
  • 1950 Shi to koi to nami ( 死 と 恋 と 波 と , love, three stories), three stories. German 2000, ISBN 3-518-39829-6 .
  • 1956 Hyōheki ( 氷壁 , The Ice Wall), novel. German 1968, ISBN 3-518-37051-0 .
  • 1957 Tenpyō no iraka ( 天平 の 甍 , The Temple Roof ), novel. German 1981, ISBN 3-518-01709-8 .
  • 1958 Rō-ran ( 楼蘭 ) 1958.
  • 1959 Tonkō ( 敦煌 , The Dun-huang Caves), novel. German 1989, ISBN 3-518-38192-X .
  • 1960 Aokiōkami ( 蒼 き 狼 )
  • 1962 Shirobanba ( し ろ ば ん ば , Shirobamba), novel. German 1998, ISBN 3-518-22279-1 .
  • 1963 Yodo-dono nikki ( 淀 ど の 日記 )
  • 1963 Yōkihiden ( 楊貴妃 伝 )
  • 1963 Fūtō ( 風濤 , wind and waves), novel
  • 1965 Natsugusa fuyunami ( 夏 草 冬 濤 )
  • 1965 Goshirakawain ( 後 白河 院 )
  • 1968 Oroshiya-koku suimutan ( お ろ し や 国 酔 夢 譚 , The Storm), novel. German 1997, ISBN 3-518-39160-7 .
  • 1968 Nukatano-ōkimi ( 額 田 女王 )
  • 1969 Seiiki monogatari ( 西域 物語 , trip to Samarkand), novel. German 1998, ISBN 3-518-41001-6 .
  • 1969 Kita no umi ( 北 の 海 )
  • 1977 Waga no haha ​​no ki ( わ が の 母 の 記 , My mother), short stories. German 1990, ISBN 3-518-38275-6 .
  • 1981 Hongakubō ibun ( 本 覺 坊 遺 文 , The Death of the Tea Master ). Novel. German, 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-41901-4 .
  • 1987 Kōshi ( 孔子 )

Film adaptations

  • 1954 Kuroi ushio ( 黯 い 潮 ), film, 1954 (director: Yamamura Sō).
  • 1958 Hyōheki ( 氷壁 ), film, 1958 (director: Masumura Yasuzō ).
  • 1961 Ryōjū ( 猟 銃 ), film, 1961 (director: Heinosuke Gosho).
  • 1975 Kaseki ( 化石 ), film, 1975 (Director: Kobayashi Masaki ).
  • 1969 Fūrinkazan ( 風 林 火山 ), film, 1969 (director: Inagaki Hiroshi ).
  • 1980 Tenpyō no iraka ( 天平 の 甍 ), film, 1980 (director: Kumai Kei ).
  • 1980 Aokiōkami ( 蒼 き 狼 ), made for TV, 1980 (Director: Ōno Yasuko).
  • 1988 Tonkō ( 敦煌 ), film, 1988 (Director: Satō Junya).
  • 1987 Nukatano-ōkimi ( 額 田 女王 ), TV movie, 1987 (Director: Nakajima Takehiro).
  • 1989 Sen no rikyū hongakubō ibun ( 千 利 休 本 覺 坊 遺 文 ), film, 1989 (director: Kumai Kei).
  • 1992 Oroshiya-koku suimutan ( お ろ し や 国 酔 夢 譚 ), film, 1992 (director: Satō Junya).
  • 1992 Fūrinkazan ( 風 林 火山 ), TV film for Nihon Terebi, 1992 (director: Sugiyama Yoshinori).
  • 2007 Fūrinkazan ( 風 林 火山 ), TV series for NHK , 2007 (director: Sugiyama Yoshinori).
  • 2011 Waga haha ​​no ki, Chronicle of My Mother ( わ が 母 の 記 ), film, 2011 (Director: Harada Masato).

literature

  • Mrugalla, Andreas: The loneliness of the returning cultural hiker. Literatur-Verlag, Hamburg 2002
  • S. Noma (Ed.): Inoue Yasushi . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 609.

Reviews

Web links

Commons : Yasushi Inoue  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bregenz Festival: The hunting rifle . Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ^ List of candidates for the Swedish Academy 's 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature , accessed on January 16, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Inoue, Yasushi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 井上 靖 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Asahikawa , Hokkaidō
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1991
Place of death Tokyo