Jun'ichi saga
Junichi Saga ( Jap. 佐賀純一 , Saga Jun'ichi * 1941 in Japan ) is a Japanese author who at the Keio University medical doctorate and in the north-east of Tokyo located Tsuchiura ( Ibaraki prefecture maintains a medical practice).
In his work as an author, he is inspired by his mostly elderly patients, whose stories he keeps as notes for his book projects. He received the NHK Prize for a documentary book tracing the emigration of the Japanese to Hawaii , and his book Memories of Silk was named Book of the Year by the foreign press in Japan. His book Confessions of a Yakuza served as an unauthorized template for Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft" album from 2001. Saga did not resent Dylan's unauthorized use of his texts. According to press reports, he was pleased that his work was allowed to serve as a source of inspiration.
Books
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Confessions of a Yakuza , Kodansha International 1991, ISBN 978-4-7700-1948-6
- German The Yakuza , Edition Peperkorn, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-929181-04-5
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Memories of Silk and Straw. Self-portrait of Small Town Japan , Kodansha Europe 1990, ISBN 978-0-87011-988-0
- German From straw and silk , Edition Peperkorn, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-929181-03-7
- Memories of Wind and Waves. A Self-Portrait of Lakeside Japan. Country Life Around a Lake in Japan , Kodansha Europe 2002, ISBN 978-4-7700-2758-0
Web links
- Reviews of the works of The Yakuza and Of Straw and Silk
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duncan Campbell: How Dylan's lyrics struck a chord . In: The Guardian of July 10, 2003 (article on the unauthorized use of Saga's texts; English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saga, Jun'ichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 佐賀 純一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Japan |