Tsuji Ryōichi

Tsuji Ryōichi ( Japanese 辻 亮 一 ; born September 29, 1914 in Kondō, Gokashō, Kanzaki County (today: Gokashō-Kondō, Higashiōmi ), Shiga Prefecture ; † March 6, 2013 ) was a Japanese writer .

Life

Tsuji was born in a temple in Gokashō. After attending Waseda High School, Tsuji studied French literature at Waseda University . During this time he published the literary magazine Mokushi ( 黙 示 , Revelation ) with Yagi Yoshinori and Tada Yūkei . In 1937 he completed his studies and subsequently worked in Manchuria . Due to his defeat in World War II , he was taken prisoner by China and he lost his wife.

In 1948 he returned to Japan, began to work at Nagahama Gummi (later: Mitsubishi Plastics ) and married a second time. In 1949 he wrote Ihōjin ( 異邦 人 ) and sent the novel to Yagi Yoshinori, who in turn shows it to Tonomura Shigeru . Tonomura published Tsuji Roman, which was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1950 .

Ihōjin was initially Tsuji's only independent publication. In 1962 he largely stopped writing and concentrated on working at Mitsubishi until his retirement in 1970. Since his retirement he has devoted himself to Buddhism and since then he has continued his writing with Buddhist works.

His cousin was the painter Noguchi Kenzō .

Works

• 1950 Ihōjin ( 異邦 人 )
• 1960 Banka jojō ( 挽歌 抒情 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 芥 川 賞 作家 の 辻 亮 一 さ ん 死去 (German: Akutagawa prize winner Tsuji Ryoichi died ). msn.com, March 6, 2013 ( Memento of March 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ 辻 亮 一 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, accessed December 7, 2011 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Tsuji is the family name, Ryōichi the first name.