Isawa Taka

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Isawa Taka ( Japanese 石 和 鷹 , aka 水城 顕 , Mizuki Ken ; * 1933 ; † April 22, 1997 ) was a Japanese writer.

Isawa became known as a novelist. In 1989 he received the Izumi-Kyōka Literature Prize for Nowaki sakaba and in 1997 the Itō-Sei Literature Prize for his last novel Jigoku wa ittei sumikazokashi (Hell is my own home). He died of throat cancer that same year.

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Isawa is the family name, Taka the first name.
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SURNAME Isawa, Taka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 石 和 鷹 (Japanese); Mizuki Ken (real name); 水城 顕 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1933
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1997