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長男の出家 (He's Leaving Home)

by Kiyohiro Miura

Akutagawa Prize · 1987 · Winner

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Akutagawa Prize1987Winner

About the Author

Kiyohiro Miura (born 1930 in Muroran, Hokkaido) is a Japanese writer known for his novel Chōnan no shukke (長男の出家), translated as My Young Son Becomes a Zen Monk or He's Leaving Home, which won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1988. After studying at the University of Tokyo, he earned a B.A. from San Jose State University in 1955 and an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1958. Read more →

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