Otohiko Kaga
Otohiko Kaga ( Japanese 加 賀 乙 彦 , Kaga Otohiko ; born April 22, 1929 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese writer.
Kaga studied psychology and criminology at the University of Tokyo . He worked for some time in hospital and in prison and then studied psychiatry in Paris from 1957 to 1960. In 1960 he returned to Japan, where he was professor at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University from 1965 to 1969 . He then held a professorship at Sophia University until 1979 .
Kaga has been a writer since the 1960s, and has been a freelance writer since 1979. In 1973 he received the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for Kaerazaru natsu ("The Giant's Hand") . In 1979 he was awarded the Grand Prize for Japanese Literature for Senkoku . In 1982 the historical novel Ikari no nai fune was published . He received the Osaragi Jirō Prize in 1986 for Jitsugen .
After converting to Catholicism in 1987, Kaga wrote the novel Takayama Ukon (1999), which was published in German in 2006 under the title "Cross and Sword". In 2011 he was awarded as a person with special cultural merits ( Bunka Kōrōsha ).
Works (selection)
- The hand of the giant . DVA 1979. ISBN 9783421017635
- Cross and sword . be.bra 2006. ISBN 9783861249009
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- Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 446 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
- Histo couch - Kaga Otohiko
- Bebra Publishing House - Kaga Otohiko
Web links
- Review of the work "The Giant's Hand"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaga, Otohiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 加 賀 乙 彦 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |