Itō Sakio

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Itō Sakio ( Japanese 伊藤 佐 喜 雄 ; born August 3, 1910 in Tsuwanō in Shimane Prefecture ; † October 17, 1971 ) was a Japanese writer.

Life

Sakio was born in Shimane Prefecture in 1910, the son of actress Izawa Ranja . He attended high school in Osaka, which he left early. During his school days he met the critic Yasuda Yojūrō , went to his apprenticeship and became a member of the Japanese romantic school ( 日本 浪 曼 派 , Nihon romanha ) and the Cogito.

In 1936 he was a candidate for the Akutagawa Prize . In 1949 he received the Iketani Shinzaburō Prize for Hana no koteki ( 花 の 鼓 笛 ) . After the war he wrote novels for girls and life descriptions of famous people for children, which appeared in the library of masterpieces of the Kaisei publishing house.

Works (selection)

  • 1942 Haru no koeki ( 春 の 鼓 笛 )
  • 1942 Shiramei nikki ( 不知 火 日記 )
  • 1943 Hōjō Tokimune ( 北 条 時 宗 )
  • 1944 Mori Ōgai ( 森 鴎 外 )
  • 1951 Shimazaki Tōson - poet of passion ( 島 崎 藤 村 情 熱 の 文豪 , Shimazaki Tōson shōnetsu no bungō )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basic entry at Kotobank
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Itō is the family name, Sakio the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Itō, Sakio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 伊藤 佐 喜 雄 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Tsuwanō , Shimane Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1971