Kenji Nakagami was a Japanese writer, critic, and poet. He was one of the most prominent and influential Japanese writers of the post-war era, known for his novels, short stories, and essays that powerfully depicted the lives of Japan's burakumin outcaste community.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 1
Awards 4
Connected to Kenji 6
Miwa NishikawaAlso won Mainichi Film Award for Best ScreenplayKyoko HayashiAlso won Akutagawa Prize
Akira MiyawakiAlso won Mainichi Publication Culture Award
Shigeru KayanoAlso won Mainichi Publication Culture Award
Momoko AndōAlso won Mainichi Film Award for Best ScreenplayAbout this person
Kenji Nakagami was a Japanese writer, critic, and poet. He was one of the most prominent and influential Japanese writers of the post-war era, known for his novels, short stories, and essays that powerfully depicted the lives of Japan's burakumin outcaste community. Born into a buraku in Shingū, Wakayama, Nakagami was the first writer from this background to win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, which he received in 1976 for his novella The Cape.
JapanFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.