Mizukami Tsutomu

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Mizukami Tsutomu, 1963

Mizukami Tsutomu ( Japanese 水上 勉 , as a pseudonym the reading Minakami Tsutomu ; born March 8, 1919 in Fukui Prefecture , † September 8, 2004 in Wakasa , Fukui Prefecture) was a Japanese writer. He wrote short stories, crime stories, biographies and plays.

Life

Mizukami was born the second of 5 sons of a carpenter in Fukui Prefecture. He studied Japanese literature at Ritsumeikan University , but did not graduate for financial and health reasons. After the Second World War , Uno Kōji ( 宇 野 浩 二 ) became his mentor. In 1952 he published his autobiographical work Furaipan no uta , which became a bestseller. Mizukami did not publish any scriptures for nearly a decade. In 1960 he resumed his writing career as a crime writer with Umi no kiba , which deals with Minamata disease .

In 1975 Mizukami received the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for Ikkyū ( 一 休 ), a biography of the Zen master Ikkyū Sōjun .

Prize and awards

  • 1961: 45th Naoki Prize for Gan no tera ( 雁 の 寺 )
  • 1961: 14th Prize of the Japanese Detective Authors' Club ( 日本 探 偵 作家 ク ラ ブ 賞 , Nihon tantei sakka kurabu shō ) for Umi no kiba ( 海 の 牙 )
  • 1964: 4th reader award of the literary magazine Fujin Kōron ( 婦人 公論 読 者 賞 , Fujin kōron dokusha shō ) for Kuruma isu no uta ( く る ま 椅子 の う た )
  • 1965: 27th reader award of the literary magazine Bungei Shunjū ( 文藝 春秋 読 者 賞 , Bungei shunjū dokusha shō ) for Shiro ( 城 )
  • 1971: 19th Kikuchi Kan Prize for Uno Kōji-den ( 宇 野 浩 二 伝 )
  • 1973: 7th Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Prize for Hokkoku no onna no monogatari ( 北国 の 女 の 物語 ) and for Heisotsu no hige ( 兵卒 の 鬚 )
  • 1974: 11th Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for Ikkyū ( 一 休 )
  • 1977: 4th Kawabata-Yasunari Literature Prize for Teradomari ( 寺 泊 )
  • 1983: 25th Mainichi Art Prize for Ryōkan ( 良 寛 )
  • 1992: 8th Tokyo Culture Prize
  • 1998: Appointed person with special cultural merits

Works (selection)

  • 1948 Furaipan no uta ( フ ラ イ パ ン の 歌 )
  • 1962 Oriento no tō ( オ リ エ ン ト の 塔 ),
    • dt. In the temple of the wild geese . Translated by Verena Werner, Eduard Klopfenstein, Berlin bebra-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86124-904-7
  • 1962 Kiga kaikyō (飢餓 海峡), filmed by Uchida Tomu
  • 1970 Ryogan no ki ( 旅 雁 の 記 )
  • 1975 Ikkyū ( 一 休 )
  • 1975 Iteru niwa ( 凍 て る 庭 )
  • 1977 Teradomari ( 寺 泊 , A Temple Stay)
  • 1979 Katakage no michi: watakushi no Shōwa-shi ( 片 陰 の 道 私 の 昭和 史 )
  • 1979 Kinkaku enjō ( 金 閣 炎 上 )
  • 1979 Mizu no gensō : gendai no zuiso ( 水 の 幻想 現代 の 随想 )
  • 1982 Take no seirei ( 竹 の 精 霊 )
  • 1983 Sengoku kassenzu ( 戦 国 合 戦 図 )
  • 1984 Toritachi no yoru ( 鳥 た ち の 夜 )
  • 1984 Hito no yo wa nasake no kashi kari ( 人 の 世 は 情 け の 貸 し 借 り )
  • 1984 Ishi yo nake ( 石 よ 哭 け )
  • 1984 Juge shōyo ( 樹下 逍遙 )
  • 1986 Haha ( 母 )
  • 1987 Ikiru hi shinu hi ( 生 き る 日 死 ぬ 日 )
  • 1988 Koteki ( 湖 笛 )
  • 1988 Zen to wa nani ka: sore wa Daruma kara hajimatta ( 禪 と は 何 か そ れ は 達磨 か ら 始 ま っ た )
  • 1988 Haai: Setsumon Genshō no shōgai ( 破鞋 雪 門 玄 松 の 生涯 )
  • 1990 Inochi no chiisana koe o kike ( い の ち の 小 さ な 声 を 聴 け ), with Haitani Kenjirō
  • 1990 Yama no kure ni ( 山 の 暮 れ に )
  • 1991 Zaisho no sakura ( 在 所 の 桜 )
  • 1991 Tanizaki Sensei no shokan: aru shuppansha shachō e no tegami o yomu ( 谷 崎 先生 の 書簡 あ る 出版社 社長 へ の 手紙 を 読 む )
  • 1994 Daigo no sakura ( 醍醐 の 櫻 )
  • 1995 Seifuki ( 清 富 記 )
  • 1995 Waga betsuji: michibikareta hibi ( わ が 別 辞 導 か れ た 日 々 )
  • 1997 Bundan hōrō ( 文壇 放浪 )

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Mizukami is the family name, Tsutomu the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Mizukami, Tsutomu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 水上 勉 (Japanese); Minakami Tsutomu (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Fukui Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2004
Place of death Wakasa , Fukui Prefecture