Ken'ichi Yamamoto
Ken'ichi Yamamoto | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1956 Kyoto |
| Died | February 13, 2014 (aged 57) Kyoto |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Education | M.A. |
| Alma mater | Doshisha University, Literature Department |
| Period | 2002 - 2014 |
| Genre | historical novels |
| Notable works | 『火天の城』 『利休にたずねよ』 |
| Notable awards | Naoki Prize（2009） |
Ken'ichi Yamamoto (山本兼一, Yamamoto Ken'ichi, July 23, 1956 – February 13, 2014) was a Japanese writer.
After working for a publishing company for a while, he became a full-time writer.
In 2004, he won the Seichō Matsumoto Award for Katen no shiro, and in 2009 the Naoki Prize for Rikyū ni Tazune yo. Both books were made into movies.
He died on February 13, 2014 from lung cancer.[1]
Awards
- Seichō Matsumoto Award (2004)
- Naoki Prize (2009)
References
- ^ "死去前日まで最後の原稿執筆 山本兼一さん" (in Japanese). MSN産経ニュース. Retrieved February 13, 2014.