Kansuke Naka
Kansuke Naka (中 勘助, Naka Kansuke, 22 May 1885 – 3 May 1965) was a Japanese novelist and essayist.
He was born in Tokyo. He was a pupil of Natsume Sōseki, who arranged the publication of his first novel, the nostalgic depiction of childhood Gin no saji ("The Silver Spoon", 1911-13, tr. 1976 by Etsuko Terasaki) in Asahi Shimbun. He was praised by Tetsurō Watsuji, a leading critic, and also by Zhou Zuoren for his rare willingness to criticise Japanese nationalists.[1] He also wrote Inu ("The Dog", 1922) and Rōkan (poetry, 1935). From 1926-32 he lived in Hiratsuka, but he spent most of his life in Tokyo apart from an evacuation to Shizuoka Prefecture during World War II. He married Kazuko Shimada in 1942.
Notes
- ^ Yan Lu. Re-understanding Japan: Chinese perspectives, 1895-1945. University of Hawaii Press, 2004. Page 223.
Bibliography
- Kansuke Naka. The Silver Spoon. Translated by Etsuko Terasaki. Chicago Review Press: distributed by Swallow Press, 1976.
- Louis Frédéric. Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Käthe Roth. Harvard University Press, 2005. Page 689.
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