ShichirÅ Fukazawa
Fukazawa Shichiro, (Japanese深 沢 七郎; born January 29, 1914 in Isawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, † 18 August 1987) was a Japanese writer and musician.
Fukazawa 1931 went to Tokyo to become a pharmacist. He was taught classical guitar by Shun Ogura and joined the Nichigeki orchestra. In 1942 he returned to his hometown and began to write short stories. In 1946 he joined the group Shinjin sakka Shodan ( Circle new literary talents ) and studied with its director Maruo choken.
In the next few years, Fukazawa operated again as a musician until he became known by winning the Chūōkōron Young Investigator Award in 1956 as a writer. Following the publication of satirical narrative Furyuu mutan ( A dream narrative), which generated excitement and indignation at the Imperial Household Agency and in nationalist circles, he had to leave in 1961 under police protection Tokyo.
He operated a farm in the 1960s, later a street shop in Tokyo. In 1971, he was with Shomin Retsuden a candidate for the Nihon Bungaku Taishō ( Grand Prix for Japanese literature). From the mid- 1970s he retired from the public. The Yasunari Kawabata Prize for Literature in 1980, he refused. In 1981 he was awarded the Tanizaki - Jun'ichirô Award for Michinoku no ningyotachi.