Shigeru Tonomura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese writer
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Place of Birth: Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
About Shigeru Tonomura
- Shigeru Tonomura (?? ?, Tonomura Shigeru, December 23, 1902 - July 28, 1961) was a Japanese author of I novels.
- Kanji of his real name was ?? ?, but it was same reading as the pen name. Tonomura was born into a conservative merchant's family in Shiga Prefecture and raised by devout parents who believed in Pure Land Buddhism.
- After graduation from the University of Tokyo with a degree in economics, he took over the family business as a wholesale cotton merchant.
- His house in Gokashokondo-cho, Higashiomi, is now a museum that reflects Omi Province merchant life. In 1933 Tonomura handed over control of the business to his brother and began to write seriously.
- He received the 1956 Noma Literary Prize for Ikada (?) and the 1960 Yomiuri Prize for Miotsukushi (??).
- Tonomura was good friends with Motojiro Kajii.
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