Miyauchi Katsusuke

Miyauchi Katsusuke ( Japanese 宮内 勝 典 ; *  1944 in Harbin ) is a Japanese writer whose family comes from Ibusuki . He is a graduate of Kōnan High School ( Kagoshima Prefecture ).

Prizes and awards

• 1979: Bungei Prize for Nampū ( 南風 ), “Südwind”.
• 1981: Akutagawa Prize for Kin'iro no zō ( 金色 の 象 ), "The Golden Elephant".
• 1982: Akutagawa Prize for Hi no furu hi ( 火 の 降 る 日 ), “The day it rains fire”.
• 2006: Geijutsu Senshō Prize from the Minister of Culture and Yomiuri Literature Prize for Shōshin ( 焼 身 ), "Body Burn".
• 2011: Itō-Sei Literature Prize for Mao no ai ( 魔王 の 愛 )

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Miyauchi is the family name, Katsusuke the first name.