JirÅ Osaragi
Osaragi Jiro (Japanese大佛 次郎, civil: Nojiri Kiyohiko (野 尻 清 彦), born October 9, 1897 in Yokohama, † 30 April 1973) was a Japanese writer.
The younger brother of the literary scholar and astronomer Nojiri Hui proved his literary talent already during his school days with the story Ichiko Romance (一 高 ロマンス, Ichiko Romansu ). After graduating from Tokyo University, he taught briefly at the Higher School for Girls of Kamakura and worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before he devoted himself to literature.
Osaragi became known for his popular historical novels such as Kurama Tengu (鞍马 天狗), Teru Kumoru Hi Hi (照る 日 くもる 日) and Ako Rōshi (赤 穂 浪 士, about the 47 Ronin ), which was serialized novels in newspapers and magazines. Life in Japan after the Second World War he described in novels such as Shiroi Ane (白い 姉) Kiribue (雾 笛) and Kikyo (帰 郷). Events in European history, he presented in the novels Dreyfus Jiken (ドレフュス 事件, Dorefyusu Jiken, " The Dreyfus Affair " ), Boulanger Shogun no Higeki (ブウランジェ 将軍 の 悲劇, Būranje Shogun no Higeki, " The Tragedy of General Boulanger " ) and Paris Moyu (パリ燃ゆ, Pacific Moyu, " Paris is burning ", on the Paris Commune ) dar.
According to him, the Osaragi - Jiro - Price also is named, which is awarded by the Asahi Shimbun in 1974.