Kazuo Hirotsu

Hirotsu Kazuo (Japanese広 津 和 郎, born December 5, 1891 in the prefecture of Tokyo, † September 21, 1968 ) was a Japanese writer.

Life

The son of novelist Hirotsu Ryūrō studied at Waseda University. After he had already published his youth pieces in magazines such as Manchōhō (万 朝 报) and Joshi bundan (女子 文坛), he founded in 1912 with Funaki Shigeo and Kasai Zenzo the like-minded magazine Kiseki (奇迹), to which he contributed short stories and translations.

In 1913 his translation of Guy de Maupassant's Une Vie, who opened his career as a translator of European literature. In 1916, he became a literary critic for the magazine run by Kayahara Kazan Kozui Igo (洪水 以后). As a novelist, he made his debut in 1917 with Shinkeibyō Jidai. There followed a series of other novels that belong in part to the genre of shishosetsu ( I - novel).

After the war, Hirotsu published primarily biographical and autobiographical writings. From 1953 he worked for several years in a detailed defense of the accused of sabotage at Matsukawa incident. Appeared in 1958 Matsukawa Saiban ( The Matsukawa process).

Works (selection)

  • Shinkeibyō Jidai (神 経 病 时代), novel, 1917
  • Sakusha no Kanso (作者 の 感想, "Impressions of a writer " ), 1920
  • Futari no Fukōmono (二 人 の 不幸 者), Roman
  • Shiji o Daite (死児 を 抱い て), Roman
  • Yamori (やもり), Roman
  • Nami no Ue (波 の 上), Roman
  • Fuu Tsuyokarubeshi (風雨 強 かる べし), 1934
  • Aomugi (青 麦), 1936
  • Rekishi to Rekishi no Aida (歴史 と 歴史 の 間), 1941
  • Sanbungeijutsu no Ichi ( "The status of prose " ), 1942
  • Ano Jidai (あの 時代)
  • Nengetsu no Ashiato (年月 の あしおと)
  • Matsukawa Saiban (松川 裁判), 1958

Swell

  • Kamakura City, Kamakura 's Literary Figures - Biography
  • The Japanese Literature Home Page - Biography
  • Author
  • Literature (Japanese)
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Novel, epic
  • Translator
  • Literary criticism
  • Japanese
  • Born 1891
  • Died in 1968
  • Man
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