Kobo Abe

Kobo Abe

male, deceased (1993)
Magic realism writer, From Tokyo, science fiction writer, Playwright, Japanese writer, Japanese literature…Japanese, Japaneseauthor
Kobo Abe (安部公房 "Abe Kōbō", pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe) was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. His name is romanized as "Kobo A...
Shusaku Endo

Shusaku Endo

male, deceased (1996)
writer, Shūsaku Endō, novelist, Catholic, Junzo Shono, second world war…Japanese person, Japanese, Japaneseauthor
Shūsaku Endō was a renowned 20th century Japanese author who wrote from the unique perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. (The po...
Miyuki Miyabe

Miyuki Miyabe

female, 49 years old
Sumidagawa, Naoki Prize, Sumida River, Japan Times, Koto, Tokyo, Sumidagawa High School…Japanese, Japaneseauthor
Miyuki Miyabe is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical...
Edogawa Rampo

Edogawa Rampo

male, deceased (1965)
Rampo Noir, Tarō Hirai, anthology film, Japaneseauthor, manga, Critic…Japanese
Edogawa Rampo (江戸川 乱歩 "Edogawa Ranpo"), born Tarō Hirai was a Japanese author and critic. He wrote many works of detective fiction. Kogoro Akec...
Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai

male, deceased (1948)
University of Tokyo alumni, committed suicide, Short story writer, Japanese, writer, from Aomori Prefecture…Japaneseauthor
; (19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. He is noted fo...
Ueda Akinari

Ueda Akinari

male, deceased (1809)
yomihon, Tales of Spring Rain, Japanese literature, author, Scholar, Tales of Moonlight and Rain…Japanese, Japaneseauthor
Ueda Akinari or Ueda Shūsei was a Japanese author, scholar, and waka poet, and perhaps the most prominent literary figure in eighteenth century J...
Shimaki Kensaku

Shimaki Kensaku

male, deceased (1945)
Showa period, Japanese, communist, novelist, writer, death by tuberculosis…Japaneseauthor
was the pen-name of a Japanese author in Showa period Japan. His real name was
Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo

female, deceased (1896)
novelist, meiji era, Japaneseauthor, Tuberculosis, Japanese literature, Japanese
Higuchi Ichiyō is the pen name of Japanese author Higuchi Natsu (樋口奈津 "Higuchi Natsu"), also known as Higuchi Natsuko (樋口夏子 "Higuchi Natsuko"...
Akiko Yosano

Akiko Yosano

female, deceased (1942)
Japanese women writer, Showa period, from Osaka Prefecture, Pacifist, Educator, Feminist…Japanese poet, Japanese, Japaneseauthor
was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in late Meiji period, Taisho period and...
Hitomi Kanehara

Hitomi Kanehara

female, 26 years old
professor, writer, Translator, Japanese novelist, translation, Japanese…Japaneseauthor
(born August 8,1983) is an award-winning Japanese novelist. A high school drop-out since the age of 15, Kanehara pursued her passion for writing...