ShÅtarÅ Yasuoka
Yasuoka Shotaro (Japanese安冈 章 太郎; * May 30, 1920 in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, † January 26, 2013 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese writer.
Yasuokas daughter, Yasuoka Haruko (安冈 治 子), is a professor of Russian literature at the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Tokyo.
Life
Yasuokas childhood was erratic and marked by frequent residence changes, as his father was transferred as a veterinary in the military again. Yasuoka was reluctant to school and retired in the middle school years a pleurisy. In 1944 it was drafted and sent to Manchuria, a year later, he returns, tuberculosis, back to Japan.
Yasuokas style is influenced heavily autobiographical. Object of his stories is often the world of experience of the author himself Yasuokas narratives are constructed with a variety of psychological wealth of detail that is reminiscent of Shiga Naoya and with the humor of a Ibuse Masuji.
Prizes and awards
Works (selection)
- The German Kranich syndrome. Translated by Siegrfried Schaarschmidt. In: The Great Japan reading book. Munich 1990, p.175 -187, ISBN 3-442-09886-6
- Dt evil comrades. Translated by Bernhard Straub. In Janwillem van de Wetering (eds.): Blood in the morning. Japanese detective stories. Hamburg 1994, p.90 -116, ISBN 3-499-43075-4
- Ger run Tomahawk! Translated by Maya Berndt. In: Eiko Aito (ed.): Explorations, 12 storytellers from Japan. Berlin 1992, p.7 - 26th