Kazuo Okamatsu

Kazuo Okamatsu
Born	(1931-06-23)23 June 1931 Fukuoka, Fukuoka,Japan
Died	21 January 2012(2012-01-21)(aged 80) Kamakura, Kanagawa,Japan
Occupation	Novelist, philologist
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Kazuo Okamatsu(Cương tùng cùng phu,Okamatsu Kazuo,June 23, 1931 – January 21, 2012)was a Japanesephilologistand novelist.

Biography

Okamatsu was born in the city ofFukuokainKyushu,Japan. He graduated from the Department ofFrench literatureat theUniversity of Tokyo,following which he decided to continue his studies in the field of philology andJapanese literature.His literary career began in 1955, with his participation in a national writing contest, which resulted in the publication ofYuri no kioku( bách hợp の ký ức ) under thepen nameof Kazuo Aoki in theliterary magazineBungei.In 1957, he married the niece of the noted translator Teiichi Hirai and began working as an instructor at a high school inYokohama. In 1959, Okamatsu won the Bungakukai New Author's Award organized by the magazineBungakukai.In 1964, he was invited by editorTachihara Masaakito join the literary cotiereSai( tê ), whose other members includedOtohiko Kaga,Meisei GotoandYuichi Takai.From 1966, he worked as a part-time professor of Japanese literature at Kanto Gakuin Women's Junior College in Yokohama. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1968 and full professor in 1973. During the 1970s, he was nominated for the prestigiousAkutagawa Prizethree times, before winning the award in 1975 for his workShikanoshima( chí hạ đảo ).

Okamatsu relocated toSão Pauloin Brazil in 1980 for a number of years as a researcher. He was known in the 1980s for his works on the poet andZenmasterIkkyū.Okamatsu won the Kawabata Yasunari Prize in 1985, the Nitta Jiro Prize in 1986 and the Kiyama Shohei Prize in 1998. After his return to Japan, he was an active member of the Japanese branch ofPEN International.

In January 2012, Okamatsu died ofpneumoniaat the age of 80 years.

Noted works

• 1975Kumano( hùng dã )
• 1975Shikanoshima( chí hạ đảo )
• 1987Kuchibeni( son môi )
• 1991Ikkyū densetsu( một hưu vân nói )

References

• "Akutagawa Winner's List".Bungeishunjū Ltd(in Japanese).Archivedfrom the original on 2008-02-13.Retrieved2008-02-11.