Shumon Miura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shumon Miura

Japanese novelist

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1926

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 03-Feb-2017

Profession: novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Shumon Miura (?? ??, Miura Shumon, 12 January 1926 – 3 February 2017) was a Japanese novelist. He attended the University of Tokyo, and upon graduation joined the staff of the literary magazine Shin-Shicho (???: "New Thought") in 1950.
The next year, Miura published his first book.
He then married fellow Third Generation writer Ayako Sono in 1953, with whom he wrote many books about Catholicism and religion.
Miura began teaching at Nihon University in 1967, the same year he was awarded the Shinchosha Prize.
From 1985 to 1986, he was commissioner of the Cultural Affairs Agency.
In 1999, the Japanese government designated Miura a Person of Cultural Merit.
In 2004, Miura was appointed to lead the Japan Art Academy.
He stepped down in 2014, and died at a hospital in Tokyo due to pneumonia on 3 February 2017, aged 91.