Rinzō Shiina
Rinzō Shiina | |
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 Shiina Rincon in 1948 (Asahi Shinbun) | |
| Native name | 椎名麟三 |
| Born | Ōtsubo Noboru 1 October 1911 Hyōgo Prefecture |
| Died | 28 March 1973 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | Novelist (Short story) |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | High school dropout |
| Genre | Romance, short story |
| Subject | Christian |
| Notable works | Utsukushii onna |
| Notable awards | Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Award (1955) |
Rinzō Shiina (椎名 麟三 Shiina Rinzō; born 大坪 昇 Noboru Ōtsuka; 1 October 1911 – 28 March 1973) was a Japanese writer, novelist, short story writer and playwright.[1]
Shiina's best known works were written after 1950. His writing focused on the spiritual poverty of post-occupation Japan.[2]
Selected works
[edit]In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Rinzō Shiina, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 274 works in 433 publications in three languages and 1,530 library holdings.[3]
- Eiennaru Joshō; Chōekinin no Kokuhatsu (永遠なる序章; 懲役人の告発), 1948
- Shiina Rinzō shū (椎名麟三集 by 椎名麟三), 1952
- Shiina Rinzō, Noma Hiroshi, Umezaki Haruo shū (椎名麟三, 野間宏, 梅崎春生集). 1954
- Ai no Shōgen (愛の証言), 1955; translated from the Japanese as The Flowers Are Fallen, 1961, by Sydney Giffard
- Shiina Rinzō, Umezaki Haruo shū (椎名麟三, 梅崎春生集), 1965
- The Go-Between and Other Stories by Rinzō Shiina, 1970; translated by Noah S. Brannen (ISBN 978-0-81700-490-3).
- "Baishakunin" ("The Go-Between") also appears in ISBN 978-0-23113-804-8
References
[edit]- ^ Olson, George L. (2007). Mummy Thief: A Memoir of My Life's Challenges, p. 77.
- ^ Rimmer, Thomas J. (2007). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Vol. 2, p. 326.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: 椎名麟三 1911-1973
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