Jinzai Kiyoshi

Jinzai Kiyoshi (Japanese神 西 清, * November 15, 1903 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, † 11 March 1957 ) was a Japanese writer and translator.

Jinzai studied Russian at the University of Tokyo foreign language. During his studies he founded with Takeyama Michio Hori Tatsuo and the magazine Hoki (箒), to which he contributed plays, poems and translations. After graduating, he worked in the library of the University of Hokkaido, in the journal Tōkyō Denki Nippo (东京 电 気 日报) and the Soviet trade representative, before he starting in 1932 completely dedicated to writing.

In addition to novels Jinzai also wrote poetry and literary criticism. He wrote plays and founded Kishida Kunio Fukuda and Tsuneari the theater group Kumo no kai. He was also known as a translator of works by André Gide and Marcel Proust Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev and Chekhov ( Uncle Vanya ).

Works (selection)

  • Tarumi (垂 水), Roman
  • Hairo no Me no Onna (灰色 の 眼 の 女), Roman
  • Shōnen (少年), Roman
  • Shi to SHOSETSU no Aida (詩 と 小説 の あいだ)

Source

  • Kamakura City: biography ( Japanese, English )
  • Literature (Japanese)
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Author
  • Novel, epic
  • Drama
  • Poetry
  • Translator
  • Japanese
  • Born in 1903
  • Died in 1957
  • Man
Tokyo City Tatsuo Hori Kunio Kishida Tsuneari Fukuda Kamakura, Kanagawa
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