Inoue Hisashi
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Inoue Hisashi, 井上ひさし (November 16, 1934 - ) is a leading Japanese playwright and writer of comic fiction.
Inoue was born in the small village of Kawanishi in Yamagata Prefecture. He lost his father when he was 4 years old and was subsequently sent off to a Lasallian home for children where he received a Christian baptism. He graduated from Sophia University. After an initial career in radio, he wrote his first stage play Nihonjin no Heso in 1969 for Theatre Echo. Inoue received the 1982 Seiun Award for Best Novel for Kirikiri-Jin, and 1991 Tanizaki Prize for Shanghai Moon (Shanhai Mūn, シャンハイムーン).
He has served as president of the Japan P.E.N. Club since 2003. At present it appears that none of his works have been translated into English.
[edit] Selected works
- Ame, 1976.
- Buraun kangoku no shiki (ブラウン 監獄 の 四季), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1977.
- Jūninin no tegami (十二人 の 手紙), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1978.
- Tanin no chi (他人 の 血), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1979.
- Seibo no dōkeshi, 1981.
- Shikaban Nihongo bunpō (私家版 日本語 文法), Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1981.
- Hon no makura no sōshi, Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1982.
- Kotoba o yomu, Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1982.
- Shichinin no sakkatachi : intabyū-shū (七人 の 作家たち : インタビュー集), Tōkyō : Doyō Bijutsusha, 1983.
- Moto no mokuami, Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1983.
- Nippon hakubutsushi, Tōkyō : Asahi Shinbunsha, 1983.
- Inoue Hisashi zen shibai, Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1984.
- Jikasei bunshō-dokuhon (自家製 文章読本), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1984.
- Fu Chūshingura (不 忠臣蔵), Tōkyō : Shūeisha, 1985.
- Kuni yutaka ni shite gi o wasure (国 ゆたか に して 義 を 忘れ), Tōkyō : Kadokawa Shoten, 1985.
- Fukkoki (腹鼓記), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1985.
- Yonsenmanpo no otoko. Ezo hen (四千万步 の 男. 蝦夷 篇 ), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1986.
- Yonsenmanpo no otoko. Izu hen (四千万步 の 男. 伊豆 篇 ), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1989.
- Shanhai mūn, (シャンハイ ムーン), Tōkyō : Shūeisha, 1991.
- Nihongo nikki (ニホン語 日記), Tōkyō : Bungei shunjū, 1993.
- Besuto serā no sengoshi (ベスト セラー の 戦後史), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1995.
- Hon no unmei (本 の 運命), Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 1997.
- Yonsenmanpo no otoko, Chūkei no ikikata (四千万步 の 男・忠敬 の 生き方), Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2003.
