Senji Kuroi
Senji Kuroi ( Japanese 黒 井 千 次 , Kuroi Senji , aka: Osabe Shunjirō ( 長 部 舜二郎 ); * May 28, 1932 ) is a Japanese writer.
Kuroi studied economics at the University of Tokyo . He first worked as a salaryman and then as an author. In 1968 he was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize . The novel Jinkan was published the following year . For Gunsei he received the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize in 1984 . He was awarded the 1994 Yomiuri Literature Prize for Kāten kōru and the 2006 Noma Literature Prize for Ichijitsu yume no satsu . He is president of the Japanese Writers' Association and was a member of the selection committee for the Akutagawa Prize.
Works (selection)
- The finger (story), in: Zeit der Zikaden , ed. by E. May, T. Araki. Piper 1990. ISBN 3-492-11193-9
- A door in the house (story), in: The three metamorphoses of Tsuruko , ed. v. Stephan Köhn. Iudicium 2002. ISBN 3-89129-085-3
source
- John Scott Miller, "Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater," Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 9780810858107 , p. 60
- Short biography of Senji Kuroi in J-Lit
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuroi, Senji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 黒 井 千 次 (Japanese); Osabe Sunjirō (real name); 長 部 舜二郎 (Japanese, real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1932 |