Jun Ishikawa (author)

Ishikawa Jun ( Jap.石川 淳, real name Kiyoshi Ishikawa, born March 7, 1899 in Asakusa, Tokyo, † 29 December 1987) was a Japanese writer, translator and novelist of Japanese modernity.

Life

Ishikawa was born the son of a banker in Tokyo's Asakusa district. He studied at the Tokyo University of Foreign Languages ​​- French literature. From 1922-23 he served in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He taught French literature at the University. Ishikawa translated the works of Les Rouges lilies of Anatole France and L' Immoraliste by André Gide into Japanese. Because of disputes over his participation in student protests, he left the university to lead the life of a bohemian in Tokyo. During this time he translated other works by Gide and Molière.

From 1935 to Ishikawa wrote stories, including about Kayin (佳人, Beautiful Woman ). A year later he was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for joints. 1938 at the peak of the Sino-Japanese War, he published the satire Marusu no uta (マルス の 歌, Mars ' song), which was immediately banned.

Ishikawa is one of Dazai Osamu with, Sakaguchi Ango and Oda Sakunosuke to the group of Buraiha. Abe Kobo was Ishikawa's students.

He died in 1987 of lung cancer, while he worked on his last story Hebi no Uta (蛇 の 歌).

Awards

Works (selection)

Translations

• Anatole France: Le lys rouge (赤い 百合, Akai yuri )
• André Gide: L' Immoraliste (背 徳 者, )
• André Gide: Les Caves du Vatican (法王 庁 の 抜け穴; )
• Charles Ferdinand Ramuz - Jean-Luc persécuté (悩める ジァン·リュック, Nayamu Jean -Luc )
• Molière: The Works