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Akira Yoshimura

Japanese writer (1927-2006) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

Akira Yoshimura was a Japanese writer. Internationally he is best known for his novels Shipwrecks and On Parole.

Akira Yoshimura is read about 197 times a day, in 9 languages.

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A life in dates

2006Died31 July 20061994Osaragi Jirō AwardAward1979Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for LiteratureAward1973Kikuchi Kan PrizeAward1927Born1 May 1927

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Awards

Osaragi Jirō Award1994
Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature1979
Kikuchi Kan Prize1973
Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
Japan Art Academy Prize

About this person

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2006 · aged 79

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