Background
Miki was born in Tokyo, grew up in Manchukuo.
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Taku Miki
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literary critic novelist writer poet
Education
He returned to Japan in 1946, and graduated in 1959 from Waseda University where he majored in Russian literature.
Career
His real name was Tomita Miki. During college he wrote poems and reviews for literary magazine Bungaku soshiki, and after graduation formed part of the poetry circle around Han ("Inundation"). His novels include Furueru shita ("With Quivering Tongue", 1974), Karera ga hashirinuketa hi ("The Day They Went the Distance", 1978), Gyosha no aki ("The Charioteer in Autumn", 1985), and Koguma-za no otoko ("The Manitoba from the Little Dipper", 1989).
He has also written literary criticism (Kotoba no suru shigoto, "The Work Words Do", 1975), essays (Tokyo bishiteki hokō, "Microscopic Strolls Through Tokyo", 1975), and a work of juvenile fiction, (Potapota, "Drip, Drip", 1984).
The poem "Genealogy," translated from the Japanese by Whang Insu, appears in the text One World of Literature (1993) by Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Norman A. Spencer. In 2007, he was nominated to the Japan Art Academy.
1967 H-Shi Prize, for Tokyo gozen sanji.
Achievements
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1967 H-Shi Prize, for Tokyo gozen sanji 1970 Takami June Prize, for Waga kidi rando (Our kiddy land) 1973 Akutagawa Prize, for Hiwa (Finch) 1984 Noma Jido Bungei Prize (Noma Juvenile Literary Prize), for Potapota (Drip drip) 1986 Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, for Gyosha no aki (Autumn of the driver) 1997 Tanizaki Prize for Roji Geijutsu Sensho Monbu Daijin Prize.
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Born
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Nationality
Japan
Awards
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Akutagawa Prize Tanizaki Prize; Akutagawa Prize; Bungei Prize
The Tanizaki Prize, named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards.; The Bungei Prize is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha. It was first awarded in 1962.; The Akutagawa Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually.The Tanizaki Prize, named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards.; The Bungei Prize is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha. It was first awarded in 1962.; The Akutagawa Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually.