Nagai Tatsuo

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Tatsuo Nagai

Nagai Tatsuo ( Japanese 永 井 龍 男 ; born May 20, 1904 in Tokyo , † October 12, 1990 in Kamakura ) was a Japanese writer.

Life

Because of his father's illness, Nagai had to drop out of school after graduating from elementary school. At the age of sixteen he wrote the novel Kappan'ya no Hanashi , with which he won a literary competition and the recognition of the writer Kikuchi Kan . In his magazine Bungei Shunjū ( 文藝 春秋 ) he published the story Kuroi Gohan .

In 1924 Nagai founded the literary monthly magazine Yamamayu ( 山 繭 ) with the literary critic Kobayashi Hideo . Three years later he became an employee of the magazine Bungei Shunjū . He later participated in the foundation of the Akutagawa and Naoki prizes , of which he was a member of the award committee.

During the Second World War, Nagai worked as a war correspondent. After the war, Nagai published a series of short stories that earned him a reputation as a master of the genre. As the author of haikus , he was known under the name Tōmonkyo ( 東門 居 ). From 1985 until his death he was director of the Kamakura Literary Museum ( Kamakura Bungakukan ).

In 1973 Nagai was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in 1981.

Works (selection)

  • Kappan'ya no Hanashi ( 活版 屋 の 話 )
  • Kuroi Gohan ( 黒 い 御 飯 )
  • Mikan ( 蜜柑 )
  • Ikko ( 一個 )
    • One piece . Translated by Jürgen Berndt. In: Dreams of Ten Nights. Japanese narratives of the 20th century. Eduard Klopfenstein, Theseus Verlag, Munich 1992. ISBN 3-85936-057-4
  • Aki ( ), Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize 1975
  • Calendar no Yohaku ( カ レ ン ダ ー の 余 白 , Karendā no Yohaku )
  • Waga Kirinukichō yori ( わ が 切 抜 帖 よ り )
  • Yugokoro ( 夕 ご こ ろ )

literature

  • S. Noma (Ed.): Nagai Tatsuo . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1030.

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