Teru Miyamoto
Teru Miyamoto ( Japanese 宮本 輝 , Miyamoto Teru ; born March 6, 1947 in Kobe ) is a Japanese writer.
Miyamoto studied at the private university Ōtemon Gakuin Daigaku and then worked as a copywriter for the advertising agency Sankei . After a nervous breakdown in his mid-twenties, he turned to writing. For Doro no kawa he received the Dazai Osamu Prize in 1977 and the Akutagawa Prize for Hotarugawa the following year . His novel Yu-Shun (1987) was awarded the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize . All three works as well as several later novels were filmed.
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- John Scott Miller, "Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater," Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 9780810858107 , p. 74
- Teru Miyamoto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Miyamoto, Teru |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 宮本 輝 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe |