Kuroi Senji

Kuroi Senji (黒井千次) is a pen name of Osabe Shunjirō (長部瞬二郎, born May 28, 1932), Japanese author^[1] of fiction and essays.

Kuroi is a member of the "Introspective Generation" of Japanese writers, whose work depicts the thoughts of ordinary Japanese. He lives in Tokyo's western suburbs, along the Chūō Main Line, in a neighborhood similar to that depicted in his novel of linked stories, Gunsei (Life in the Cul-de-Sac, 群棲), for which he won the 1984 Tanizaki Prize.

As of 2006 he is president of the Japan Writer's Association (Nihon Bungeika Kyokai).

Selected works

Jikan (Time, 時間), 1969.
Gunsei (Life in the Cul-de-Sac, 群棲), 1984. Translated to English as Life in the Cul-de-Sac, trans. Philip Gabriel, Stone Bridge Press, 2001. ISBN 1-880656-57-4.
Hane to tsubasa (Feathers and Wings), Kodansha, 2000. ISBN 4-06-210257-9.
Ichinichi yume no saku (A Day in the Life), Kodansha, 2006. Translated to English as A Day in the Life, trans. Giles Murray, Dalkey Archive Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-56478-865-8.

References

^ Serafin, Steven; Glanze, Walter D. (1984). Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century: based on the first edition edited by Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann. Ungar. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8044-3135-4. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

External links

Senji Kuroi at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
Synopsis of A Day in the Life (Ichinichi, Yume no Saku) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)

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[SerafinGlanze1984-1] Serafin, Steven; Glanze, Walter D. (1984). Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century: based on the first edition edited by Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann. Ungar. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8044-3135-4. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

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