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Junnosuke Yoshiyuki

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Born: March 31 1923

Died: 2525 07 19941994

Junnosuke Yoshiyuki was a Japanese novelist and short-story writer.

Yoshiyuki was born in Okayama, the oldest child of author Yoshiyuki Eisuke, but moved to Tokyo at age 3. He attended Shizuoka High School, where he grew interested in Thomas Mann's stories, and in 1945 entered the University of Tokyo. He left the university without a degree, however, and began working fulltime as a magazine editor, while spending much of his leisure time gambling, drinking, and frequenting prostitutes. Sexuality and prostitution would form a consistent theme in his writing.

Yoshiyuki's first published fiction was Bara Hanbainin , followed by the novels Genshoku no Machi , Shu-u , for which he won the Akutagawa Prize, and Shofu no Heya . His novel Anshitsu won the Tanizaki Prize. Another of his most celebrated works, Yugure Made , took 13 years to write but once published quickly became a best-seller and won the Noma Literary Prize.

Junnosuke Yoshiyuki

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 31 1923

Died: 2525 07 19941994

Junnosuke Yoshiyuki was a Japanese novelist and short-story writer.

Yoshiyuki was born in Okayama, the oldest child of author Yoshiyuki Eisuke, but moved to Tokyo at age 3. He attended Shizuoka High School, where he grew interested in Thomas Mann's stories, and in 1945 entered the University of Tokyo. He left the university without a degree, however, and began working fulltime as a magazine editor, while spending much of his leisure time gambling, drinking, and frequenting prostitutes. Sexuality and prostitution would form a consistent theme in his writing.

Yoshiyuki's first published fiction was Bara Hanbainin , followed by the novels Genshoku no Machi , Shu-u , for which he won the Akutagawa Prize, and Shofu no Heya . His novel Anshitsu won the Tanizaki Prize. Another of his most celebrated works, Yugure Made , took 13 years to write but once published quickly became a best-seller and won the Noma Literary Prize.

Books from Junnosuke Yoshiyuki

The Shōwa Anthology: Modern Japanese Short Stories

Cent'anni di racconti dal Giappone

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New Writing In Japan

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Toward Dusk and Other Stories

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Fair Dalliance: Fifteen Stories

The Dark Room

La Chambre noire