Shūsei Tokuda
Shūsei Tokuda (徳田 秋声, Tokuda Shūsei, 1 February 1872 – 18 November 1943, actually Tokuda Sueo) was a Japanese author from Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. Several of his novels were made into movies in Japan. A monument honoring Tokuda was erected near the summit of Mount Utatsu in 1947. The monument features writing authored by poet Murō Saisei and was designed by architect Yoshirō Taniguchi.
Shūsei Tokuda | |
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 Shūsei Tokuda | |
| Born | 1 February 1872 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan |
| Died | 18 November 1943 (aged 71) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Novels |
| Literary movement | naturalism |
He wrote "Rough Living".[1]
His short story "The Town Dance Hall" is in the Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature.[2]
His short story "Order of the White Paulownia" is in the anthology "modern japanese stories" edited by Ivan Morris.[3]
A major biography of Tokuda by Richard Torrance was published in 1994.[4]
See also
- Japanese literature
- List of Japanese authors
References
- https://www.amazon.com/Rough-Living-Shusei-Tokuda/dp/0824823877
- https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Anthology-Modern-Japanese-Literature/dp/0231118600
- https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Japanese-Stories-Anthology-Classics/dp/0804833362/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274093894&sr=1-1
- "The Fiction of Tokuda Shusei, and the Emergence of Japan's New Middle Class", Washington University Press
External links
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- Works by or about Shūsei Tokuda at Internet Archive
- Works by Shūsei Tokuda at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Shūsei Tokuda at Find a Grave
- Shūsei Tokuda at IMDb
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