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Endo Shusaku

Nationality: Japanese. Born: Tokyo, 27 March 1923. Education: Keio University, Tokyo, B.A. in French literature 1949; University of Lyon, 1950-53. Family: Married Junko Okado in 1955; one son.

Career: Contracted tuberculosis in 1959. Former editor, Mita bungaku literary journal; chair, Bungeika Kyokai (Literary Artists' Association); manager, Kiza amateur theatrical troupe; president, Japan PEN. Awards: Akutagawa prize, 1955; Tanizaki prize, 1967; Gru de Oficial da Ordem do Infante dom Henrique (Portugal), 1968; Sanct Silvestri (award by Pope Paul VI), 1970; Noma prize, 1980.

Honorary doctorate: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; University of California, Santa Clara.

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    • Member: Japanese Arts Academy, 1981. Died: 1996.

    Publications

    Short Stories

    Shiroi hito [White Man]. 1955.

    Kiiroi hito [Yellow Man]. 1955.

    Obakasan. In Asahi shinbun, April-August 1959; as Wonderful Fool, 1974.

    Watashi ga suteta onna [The Girl I Left Behind].

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