Hino Ashihei
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was born in Wakamatsu and in 1937 he received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize
for one of his novels, . At that moment he was a soldier for the Japanese army in China.
He then got promoted to the information corps and published numerous works about the daily lives of Japanese soldiers. It is for his war novels that he became famous for during (and forgotten after) the war. His book sold over a million copies. He took his own life aged 53. His birthhouse can be visited today.
Akutagawa Prize
The is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually. It was established in 1935 by Kan Kikuchi, then-editor of Bungeishunjū magazine, in memory of author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa...
for one of his novels, . At that moment he was a soldier for the Japanese army in China.
He then got promoted to the information corps and published numerous works about the daily lives of Japanese soldiers. It is for his war novels that he became famous for during (and forgotten after) the war. His book sold over a million copies. He took his own life aged 53. His birthhouse can be visited today.