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Genpei Akasegawa

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Japanese artist, photographer and writer (1937-2014)

JapanWritersLived 1937 to 2014 · aged 77
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Katsuhiko Akasegawa , known by his pseudonym Genpei Akasegawa , was a Japanese artist and writer. He used another pseudonym, Katsuhiko Otsuji , for literary works.

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1987Kodansha Essay Award
1983Noma Literary New Face Prize
1980Akutagawa Prize

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About this person

Katsuhiko Akasegawa , known by his pseudonym Genpei Akasegawa , was a Japanese artist and writer. He used another pseudonym, Katsuhiko Otsuji , for literary works. A member of the influential artist groups Neo-Dada Organizers and Hi-Red Center, Akasegawa went on to maintain a multi-disciplinary practice throughout his career as an individual artist. He has had retrospective exhibitions at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Chiba City Museum, and Oita City Museum. His work is in the permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Nam June Paik has described Akasegawa as “one of those unexportable geniuses of Japan.”

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Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2014 · aged 77
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11 languages

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