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Yasushi Inoue
Born	Yasushi Inoue (1907-05-06)May 6, 1907 Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Died	January 29, 1991(1991-01-29) (aged 83) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Novelist poet short story writer essayist
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Kyoto University
Period	1930–1991
Spouse	Fumiko Adachi (m. 1935)
Children	Shuichi Inoue (son)

Yasushi Inoue (井上靖, Inoue Yasushi, May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels. Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in 1907, Inoue was raised in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Biography

Inoue is famous for his serious historical fiction of ancient Japan and the Asian continent, including Wind and Waves, Tun-huang, and Confucius, but his work also included semi-autobiographical novels and short fiction of great humor, pathos, and wisdom like Shirobamba and Asunaro Monogatari, which depicted the setting of the author's own life — Japan of the early to mid twentieth century — in revealing perspective.

Inoue, who is one of Japan's most prolific writers today, started relatively late as a novelist. He was forty-two when he published in 1949 his first works, the two novelettes Ryoju and The Bullfight, which the following year won for him the top literary prize in Japan, the Akutagawa Prize. His longer The Roof Tile of Tempyo deals both with art and ancient China; Lou-Lan and The Flood are short historical novels of China. Whether he is writing full novels, novelettes, or short-stories, however, Inoue's penchant for detailed, exhaustive research and historical accuracy give his stories a flavor of authenticity. Even the characters in his stories can often be traced back to historical individuals. In the spring of 1964, Inoue went to the United States to start his research on what he personally believes will be his magnum opus, a multi-volume treatment of first, second, and third generation Japanese abroad, particularly in the United States.

—Leon Picon, from the introduction to The Counterfeiter, published in 1965

Prizes

• 1936 Chiba Kameo Prize --- Ruten,流転
  


• 1950 Akutagawa Prize --- Tōgyu,闘牛
  


• 1957 Ministry of Education Prize for Literature --- The Roof Tile of Tempyo,天平の甍
  


• 1959 Mainichi Press Prize --- Tun-huang,敦煌
  


• 1963 Yomiuri Prize --- Fūtō,風濤
  

Works

　Poetry　

　Essay　

References

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  Yasushi Inoue at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
  


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  Synopsis of Lou-Lan (Roran) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)
  


• Petri Liukkonen. "Yasushi Inoue". Books and Writers
  

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