Ryōtarō Shiba

1923 - 1996

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country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Osaka University of Foreign Studies

occupation: novelist, writer

award received: Naoki Prize, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature, Japan Art Academy Prize, Asahi Prize, Japanese Literature Grand Prix, Osaragi Jirō Award, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture

Teiichi Fukuda (福田定一, August 7, 1923 – February 12, 1996), also known as Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬遼太郎), was a Japanese author. He is best known for his novels about historical events in Japan and on the Northeast Asian sub-continent, as well as his historical and cultural essays pertaining to Japan and its relationship to the rest of the world. Source: Wikipedia (en)