Yoshikichi Furui
Yoshikichi Furui (古井 由吉, Furui Yoshikichi?, born November 19, 1937) is a noted Japanese author and translator.
Biography
Furui was born in Tokyo, Japan. He was educated at the University of Tokyo, where he majored in German literature and spent his summers hiking in the Japanese Alps. His undergraduate thesis was on Franz Kafka.
In 1970 Furui resigned as assistant professor of German literature at Rikkyo University (Tokyo) to become a fulltime writer.[1] In 1971 his novella Yoko (杳子) was awarded the Akutagawa Prize,[2] and he has subsequently won both the Tanizaki Prize and Kawabata Prize.[3]
Furui has also translated Robert Musil and Hermann Broch.
Major prizes
- 1970 Akutagawa Prize - Yoko[2]
- 1983 Tanizaki Prize - Asagao (Morning Glory)
- 1986 Kawabata Prize - On Nakayama Hill
- 1997 Mainichi Art Award - The White-haired Melody
Selected works in translation
- Child of Darkness: Yoko and Other Stories, trans. Donna George Storey; University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, No. 18, 1997; ISBN 0-939512-79-3.
- Ravine and Other Stories, trans. Meredith McKinney; Stone Bridge Press, Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature, 1997; ISBN 1-880656-29-9.
References
- ^ Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C. (2007). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From 1945 to the present. Columbia University Press. p. 528. ISBN 9780231138048. http://books.google.com/books?id=BAg9tUJR1aEC&pg=PA528. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ a b Furui, Yoshikichi; McKinney, Meredith (1997). Ravine, and other stories. Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. p. 7. ISBN 9781880656297. http://books.google.com/books?id=vYTxh6WgUkYC&pg=PA7. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ Furui, Yoshikichi; McKinney, Meredith (1997). Ravine, and other stories. Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. p. 143. ISBN 9781880656297. http://books.google.com/books?id=vYTxh6WgUkYC&pg=PA143. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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