Meisei Goto
Meisei GotÅ (後藤 明生 GotÅ Meisei, April 4, 1932 – August 2, 1999), also known as Akio GotÅ, was a Japanese author.
Biography
Goto was born in North Korea, but fled with his family to Kyūshū, Japan while in junior high school. He studied Russian literature at Waseda University, with particular interest in Nikolai Gogol. He then worked at an advertising agency and a publishing house, before becoming a professional novelist in 1968.
Major prizes
- 1977 Hirabayashi Taiko Award for Yume katari (Dreams Speak)
- 1981 Tanizaki Prize for Yoshino-dayu (å‰é‡Žå¤§å¤«, The Courtesan Yoshino)
English translations
- Shot By Both Sides (Hasamiuchi, 1973), trans. Tom Gill, Japanese Literature Publishing Project, 2005 list. Published in the United States by Counterpoint, fall 2008.
Selected works
- Shiteki seikatsu, 1969.
- Waraijigoku, 1969.
- Nani?, 1970.
- Kakarenai hÅkoku, 1971.
- Kankei, 1971.
- En to daen no sekai, 1972.
- GotŠMeisei shū, 1972.
- Hasamiuchi (Attacked from Both Sides), 1973.
- Yonjissai no OburÅmofu, 1973.
- Fumbet suzakari no mufumbetsu, 1974.
- Fushigi na temaneki, 1975.
- Nemuri otoko no me, 1975.
- ÅŒinaru mujun, 1975.
- Omoigawa, 1975.
- Ugetsu monogatari kikÅ, 1975.
- Meguriai, 1976.
- Hasamiuchi, 1977.
- Waraizaka, 1977.
- Yukikaeri, 1977.
- Yume katari (Dreams Speak)
- Sake neko ningen, 1978.
- Torashima, 1978.
- Yonjissai no OburÅmofu (å››åæ² ã® ã‚ªãƒ–ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ¢ãƒ•), TÅkyÅ : ÅŒbunsha, 1978.
- Yume to yume no aida, 1978.
- Hari no ana kara, 1979.
- Uso no yÅ na nichijÅ, 1979.
- Hachigatsu, 1980.
- Ugetsu Monogatari, Harusame Monogatari, 1980.
- Mieru sekai, mienai sekai, 1981.
- Warai no hÅhÅ : aruiwa Nikorai GÅgori (笑ㄠ㮠方法 : ã‚ã‚‹ã„㯠ニコライ ゴーゴリ), TÅkyÅ : ChÅ«Å KÅronsha, 1981.
- Yoshinodayu (å‰é‡Žå¤§å¤«), 1981.
- FukushÅ« no jidai, TÅkyÅ : Fukutake Shoten, 1983.
- Nanji no rinjin (æ± ã® éš£äºº), TÅkyÅ : Kawade ShobÅ Shinsha, 1983.
- ShÅsetsu ikani yomi ikani kaku ka, 1983.
- Omocha no chi, chi, chi (ãŠã‚‚ã¡ã‚ƒ 㮠知〠知〠知), TÅkyÅ : TÅjusha, 1984.
- Bungaku ga kawaru toki (æ–‡å¦ ãŒ å¤‰ã‚‹ ã¨ã), TÅkyÅ : Chikuma ShobÅ, 1987.
- Kafuka no meikyÅ« : Akumu no hÅhÅ (カフカ ã® è¿·å®® : 悪夢 㮠方法 ), TÅkyÅ : Iwanami Shoten, 1987.
- Memento mori : Watakushi no shokudÅ shujutsu taiken (メメント モリ : ç§ ã® é£Ÿé“ æ‰‹è¡“ 体験), TÅkyÅ : ChÅ«Å KÅronsha, 1990.
- SukÄ“pu gÅto (スケープ ゴート), TÅkyÅ : Nihon Bungeisha, 1990.
External links
- Meisei Goto at J'Lit Books from Japan (English)
- Synopsis of Shot by Both Sides at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (English)
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