Fukazawa Shichirō

Fukazawa Shichirō ( Japanese 深沢七郎 ; born January 29, 1914 in Isawa , Yamanashi Prefecture ; † August 18, 1987 ) was a Japanese writer and musician.

Live and act

Fukazawa Shichirō went to Tokyo in 1931 to become a pharmacist. He received classical guitar lessons from Shun Ogura and joined the Nichigeki Orchestra . In 1942 he returned to his hometown and began writing short stories. In 1946 he joined the group "Circle of new literary talents" (新人作家昇段, Shinjin sakka shōdan) and studied with its director Maruo Chōken .

In the next few years Fukazawa worked again as a musician. He made his breakthrough as a writer in 1956 with his first story "Difficulties in understanding the Narayama songs" ( 楢山節考 , Narayama-bushi kō), which brought him the Chūōkōron Young Talent Award in the same year . After the publication of the satirical story “Eine Traumerzählung” ( 風流夢譚 , Furyū mutan), which caused excitement and indignation at the imperial court and led to the Shimanaka incident in nationalist circles, he had to leave Tokyo in 1961 under police protection.

Fukuzawa ran a farm in the 1960s, and later a street shop in Tokyo. In 1971 he was a candidate for the Nihon Bungaku Taishō (Grand Prize for Japanese Literature) with his collection of “Folk Biographies” ( 庶民列伝 , Shomin retsuden ). From the mid-1970s he withdrew from the public. He turned down the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize in 1980. In 1981 he was awarded the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize for "Dolls from Northern Japan" ( みちのくの人形たち , Michinoku no ningyōtachi).

Remarks

↑ The Shimanaka Incident (嶋中事件) was an attack by a nationalist on the house of the head of the Chūōkoron publishing house, Shimanaka Hōji (嶋中鵬二; 1923-1997), who had published the book. He did not meet Shimanaka, he killed a maid and injured Shimanaka's wife. The publisher apologized for publishing the book.

literature

S. Noma (Ed.): Fukazawa Shichirō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 425.

Web links

Literature by and about Fukazawa Shichirō in the catalog of the German National Library
Chizu Canada: Compelling Moments of Collaboration: A Reading of the Works by Fukazawa Shichirō , University of British Columbia, 1990
Japanische-Literatur.blogspot.de : Entry about Fukazawa Shichirō

personal data
SURNAME	Fukazawa, Shichirō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	深沢七郎 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 29, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Isawa (Yamanashi)
DATE OF DEATH	August 18, 1987

[1] The Shimanaka Incident (嶋中事件) was an attack by a nationalist on the house of the head of the Chūōkoron publishing house, Shimanaka Hōji (嶋中鵬二; 1923-1997), who had published the book. He did not meet Shimanaka, he killed a maid and injured Shimanaka's wife. The publisher apologized for publishing the book.