Tatsuhiro Oshiro
| Tatsuhiro Oshiro | |
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| Born |
1925 (age 90–91) Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Fiction, theatre |
Tatsuhiro Oshiro (born 1925) is an Okinawan novelist and playwright. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1967 for his novel The Cocktail Party (Kakutera Pati, 1967). Oshiro has also been an innovator of the traditional Ryukyu kumiodori.[1] Two of his plays are Umino Tenzakai ("Celestial-sea Horizon") and Hingire, Niibichi ("Escape, Marriage").
References
- ↑ "MODERN TWIST ON 'KUMIODORI' – Artists update classic Ryukyu dance –". The Japan Times. January 30, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
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