Yasushi Inoue

1907 - 1991

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country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Kyoto University, Kyushu University

occupation: writer, novelist, poet, screenwriter

award received: Order of Culture, Akutagawa Prize, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Japanese Literature Grand Prix, Person of Cultural Merit, Asahi Prize, honorary doctor of the Peking University, Japan Art Academy Prize

Yasushi Inoue (井上靖, Inoue Yasushi, May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include The Bullfight (Tōgyū, 1949), The Roof Tile of Tempyō (Tenpyō no iraka, 1957) and Tun-huang (Tonkō, 1959). Source: Wikipedia (en)