Ozaki Kazuo (writer)
Ozaki Kazuo ( Japanese 尾崎 一 雄 ; * December 25, 1899 , † March 31, 1983 ) was a Japanese writer.
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Ozaki studied at Waseda University and was inspired and encouraged to write by Shiga Naoya . His debut novel Nigatsu no mitsubachi ( 二月 の 蜜蜂 ) - about "Bees in February" - appeared in 1925 in the literary magazine Shucho . His autobiographical novel Nonki megane ( 暢 気 眼鏡 ) for example "Carefree glasses" - was published in 1933 and in 1937 was awarded the Akutagawa Prize . Another book worth mentioning is Mushi no iroiro (虫 の い ろ い ろ), published in 1948.
His works, executed in the traditional autobiographical style, are characterized by humro and philosophical insights. For the 1961 published novel Maboroshi no ki ( ま ぼ ろ し の 記 ) - about "Notes on a Mirage" - he received the 1963 Noma Literature Prize .
In 1978 Ozaki was honored as a person with special cultural merits (Bunka Kōrōsha) and was also awarded the Order of Culture . Ozaki is a representative of the first-person novel (Shishōsetsu). Several of his works have been filmed.
literature
- S. Noma (Ed.): Ozaki Kazuo . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1177.
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- Jon Woronoff: The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater . Rowman & Littlefield, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-7615-6 , pp. 96–97 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- Article Ozaki Kazuo in "Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater", J. Scott Miller. 2009
- Wadoku - Japanese-German Dictionary - Ozaki Kazuo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ozaki, Kazuo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 尾崎 一 雄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1899 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1983 |