Kubo Sakae
Kubo Sakae ( Japanese 久保 栄 , born December 28, 1900 in Sapporo , Hokkaidō ; † March 15, 1958 ) was a Japanese playwright.
Kubo studied German literature at the University of Tokyo and was also a student of Osanai Kaoru at the Tsukiji Theater. After Osanai's death, he continued his work as a theater director. As a Marxist, he advocated historical realism on the stage. He became known with the piece Kazan baichi (Land of Volcanic Ash , 1937). In addition to other pieces such as Goryōkaku kessho (1933) and Ringoen nikki , he wrote the novel Noborigama and translated works by Ernst Toller and Frank Wedekind . In 1958 he committed suicide.
Web links
- Digital copies of his works at Aozora Bunko
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- Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 659 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Theater and Performance: Kubo Sakae
- John Scott Miller: "Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater," Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 9780810858107 , p. 58
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kubo, Sakae |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 久保 栄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sapporo , Hokkaidō |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1958 |