Uko Washio
Ukō Washio (鷲尾雨工, April 27, 1892–February 9, 1951) was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his Akutagawa Prize-winning novel Yoshinochō Taiheiki (吉野朝太平記).
Biography
[edit]Washio was born Hiroshi Washio on April 27, 1892, in Niigata prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Waseda University in 1915. He enjoyed Western literature, and published a translation of Gabriele D'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini while he was attending university. After university he worked in publishing.[1] In 1935 he won the Naoki Prize for his novel Yoshinochō Taiheiki (吉野朝太平記).[2] Washio died on February 9, 1951.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- Yoshinochō Taiheiki (吉野朝太平記)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "鷲尾 雨工とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ "鷲尾雨工（わしお うこう）-直木賞受賞作家｜直木賞のすべて". prizesworld.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
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