So Aono
Sō Aono (Japanese青 野 聪, Aono Sō; born July 27, 1943 in the prefecture of Tokyo) is a Japanese writer.
Life
Aono was born as the third son of the famous literary critic Suekichi Aono and Matsui Matsue in Tokyo. Aonos mother died when he was two years old; he was raised by his stepmother. Aono studied Japanese literature at Waseda University, but left the university without a degree, to travel. He toured Europe and North Africa and returned to Japan in 1971 to make his debut as a writer.
From 1972 to 1977 he again traveled through Europe. Since his return to Japan, he published literary works and criticism. He currently teaches as a professor of literature at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. He is married to actress Moe Kamura (佳 村 萌).
Aono counts - next to Haruki Murakami, Ryu Murakami and Emi Yamada and Banana Yoshimoto - the most outstanding Japanese writers of the eighties and nineties, which are also called " The International " and whose aim was to make Japan more international.
Aono translated the works of Charles Bukowski into Japanese. He also was a member of the selection committee for the Mishima Prize and the Hirabayashi Taiko - Prize for Literature.
In his, in 1991 the novel " Haha yo" ( German: "Mother where are you " ) speaks Aono the dangers of nuclear power plants in Fukushima with the words: " If disaster geschähe this area, not far from the coast would is removed, the disaster helpless. "