Yoshida Ken'ichi (writer)
Yoshida Ken'ichi ( Japanese 吉田 健 一 ; born April 1, 1912 in Tokyo Prefecture , † August 3, 1977 ) was a Japanese writer and Anglicist .
Life
The son of the diplomat and later Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru spent his childhood in China, France and Great Britain. After attending Gyōsei Middle School , he went to Cambridge University to study English literature, but returned to Japan after a year.
In 1935 Yoshida made his debut with the translation of Edgar Allan Poe's autobiographical memorandum . In 1939 he founded the literary magazine Hihyō ( 批評 ) with Nakamura Mitsuo and Yamamoto Kenkichi , in which he published reviews of modern English and French authors. From the late 1940s he published writings on English literature and in particular on Shakespeare .
Yoshida also wrote her own literary works, such as the stories Shuen ( 酒宴 ) and Zankō ( 残 光 ) and the novel Gareki no Naka ( 瓦礫 の 中 ).
For his criticism of Shakespeare and Gareki no Naka , he received the Yomiuri Literature Prize in 1956 and 1970, respectively .
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- Kamakura City, Kamakura´s Literary Figures - Biography ( Memento from February 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yoshida, Ken'ichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 吉田 健 一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1977 |