Teru Miyamoto

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Teru Miyamoto (宮本 輝, born March 6, 1947) is a Japanese author. He was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture and graduated from the faculty of letters at Otemon Gakuin University after which he became a copywriter. In 1950, he began to write his first novel and quit his job. Although he later joined another company, he quit again in 1952.

[edit] Bibliography

• Doro no Kawa (1977)
• Hoterugawa (1978)
• Kinshu (1982) Translated into English in 2005 with the title Kinshu: Autumn Brocade
• In 1995 his novel Maboroshi no Hikari was made into a film by director Hirokazu Koreeda. The English release is entitled Maboroshi.

[edit] Prizes

• 1977 Dazai Osamu Prize for Mud River (Doro no Kawa)
• 1978 Akutagawa Prize for Firefly River (Hoterugawa)