Haruto Kō

Haruto Kō (耕 治人, Kō Haruto, August 1, 1906 - January 6, 1988) was a noted Japanese poet and novelist.

Haruto Kō
Native name	耕 治人
Born	August 1, 1906 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
Died	January 6, 1988 (aged 81)
Occupation	Poet and novelist
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Meiji Gakuin University
Notable awards	1969 Yomiuri Prize, Ministry of Education's Art Encouragement Prize

Kō was born in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto and graduated from the Department of English Literature of Meiji Gakuin University. He was arrested as a political offender during World War II, and after the war started to write I novels. Kō received the 1969 Yomiuri Prize for Ichijō no hikari,[1] as well as the Ministry of Education's Art Encouragement Prize.

English translations

• "Black Market Blues", in Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and Detection, John L. Apostolou and Martin Harry Greenberg, editors, New York: Dembner Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0-934878-87-6.

References

1. "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia article
• Yoshikazu Kataoka, Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature: 1956-1970, Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai, 1972, page 107.
• J-Pitch article