Jun'ichi Watanabe
Junichi Watanabe ( Jap. 渡辺淳一 , Watanabe Jun'ichi * 24. October 1933 in Kamisunagawa , Hokkaido , † the 30th April 2014 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese writer .
Watanabe studied at Sapporo Medical School and then worked as an orthopedic surgeon. Since 1969 he lived as a writer in Tokyo. He became known with works such as the erotic novel Shitsurakuen ( 失 楽 園 , "A Lost Paradise"), novels with medical topics and biographical works. Many of his books, in addition to the aforementioned novel, including Toki rakujitsu ( 遠 き 落日 , 1992) and Wakarenu riyū ( 別 れ ぬ 理由 , 1987), were made into films. In 1970 he was awarded the Naoki Prize for Hikari to Kage ( 光 と 影 ) .
Jun'ichi Watanabe died of prostate cancer on April 30, 2014 at the age of 80 in his apartment in Tokyo.
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- j.lit Books from Japan - Jun'ichi Watanabe
- La Littérature Japonaise - Watanabe Jun'ichi
- Junichi Watanabe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 直 木 賞 作家 、 渡 辺 淳一 氏 死去 代表作 に 「失 楽 園」 「愛 の 流 刑 地」 . Sankei News, May 5, 2014, archived from the original on May 5, 2014 ; Retrieved May 5, 2014 (Japanese).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watanabe, Jun'ichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 渡 辺 淳一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamisunagawa , Hokkaidō |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 2014 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |