Teru Miyamoto
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is a Japanese
author
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, Hyōgo Prefecture
, Japan
and graduated from the faculty of letters at Otemon Gakuin University
after which he became a copywriter. In 1970, he began to write his first novel and quit his job. Although he later joined another company, he quit again in 1972.
Japanese people
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Biography
Miyamoto was born in KobeKobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Hyōgo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...
, Japan
Japan
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and graduated from the faculty of letters at Otemon Gakuin University
Otemon Gakuin University
is a private university at Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, founded in 1966. - Alumni :*Teru Miyamoto...
after which he became a copywriter. In 1970, he began to write his first novel and quit his job. Although he later joined another company, he quit again in 1972.
Prizes
- 1977 Dazai Osamu PrizeDazai Osamu PrizeThe Dazai Osamu Prize is a Japanese literary prize named for novelist Dazai Osamu .The prize was established in 1965 by the Chikuma Shobo publishing company, discontinued in 1978, and resumed again in 1999 with co-sponsorship of the Mitaka, Tokyo, municipal government...
for Mud River (Doro no Kawa) - 1978 Akutagawa PrizeAkutagawa PrizeThe 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 Firefly River (Hotarugawa) - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature for Yu-Shun