Ishikawa Tatsuzo
Ishikawa Tatsuzō ( Japanese 石川 達 三 ; * July 2, 1905 in Yokote ; † January 31, 1985 ) was a Japanese writer.
Ishikawa was the son of a school teacher. Due to relocations and recurring financial problems, he did not complete a continuous education, nor did he complete an English course at Waseda University .
In 1930 Ishikawa lived in Brazil for some time. For his novel Sōbō , in which he reflected on these experiences, he was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1935 . On behalf of the magazine Chūōkōron , he traveled to Nanking as a war reporter at the end of 1937. After his return, the novel Ikite iru heitai was written about it . The critical portrayal of the violence of the Japanese army against Chinese civilians appeared in heavily censored form as a serial in the Chūōkōron. In 1969, Ishikawa was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize .
Works (selection)
- Sōbō ( 蒼 氓 , Eng . "People"), 1935
- Hikage no mura ( 日 蔭 の 村 , Eng . "Village in the shade"), 1937
- Ikite iru heitai ( 生 き て ゐ る 兵 隊 , Eng . "The living soldier"), 1945
- Kaze ni soyogu ashi ( 風 に そ よ ぐ 葦 , German “reeds rustling in the wind”), 1949–1951
- Ningen no kabe ( 人間 の 壁 , Eng. "The human wall"), 1957–1959
- Yonjūhachi sai no teikō ( 四 十八 歳 の 抵抗 , Eng . "The resistance of the 48-year-old"), 1956
- Mitasareta seikatsu ( 充 た さ れ た 生活 , Eng . "Filled Life"), 1961
- Kizu darake no sanga ( 傷 だ ら け の 山河 , Eng . "Mountains and rivers full of wounds"), 1962–1963
- Kinkanshoku ( 金環 蝕 , Eng . "Annular Solar Eclipse"), 1966
source
- Haruko Taya Cook: The many Lives of Living Soldiers: Ishikawa Tatsuzō and Japan's War in Asia. in: Marlene J. Mayo, J. Thomas Rimer, H. Eleanor Kerkham (eds.): War, Occupation, and Creativity: Japan and East Asia, 1920–1960. University of Hawaii Press, 2001, ISBN 9780824824334 , pp. 161-176.
- Ishikawa Tatsuzō, Soldiers Alive. Translated by Zeljko Cipris. University of Hawaii Press, 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ishikawa, Tatsuzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yokote |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1985 |