About

Known credits:
7
Birthday:
1946-08-02
Place of birth:
Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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Kenji Nakagami

Overview

Kenji Nakagami was a Japanese novelist and essayist. He is well known as the first, and so far the only, post-war Japanese writer to identify himself publicly as a Burakumin. His works depict the intense life-experiences of men and women struggling to survive in a Burakumin community in western Japan. His most celebrated novels include “Misaki” (The Cape), winner of the Akutagawa Prize in 1976, and “Karekinada” (The Sea of Withered Trees), winner of both the Mainichi and Geijutsu Literary Prizes in 1977. Nakagami died of kidney cancer at the age of 46.

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Known for

Writing
2012 The Millennial Rapture Writing Novel 58
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2011 The Egoists Writing Novel 58
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1985 Fire Festival Writing Writer 59
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1979 The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map Writing Novel 59
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1979 Eighteen Years, to the Sea Writing Novel 59
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1979 The Woman with Red Hair Writing Original Story 59
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1976 The Youth Killer Writing Original Story 59
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