Hakuchō Masamune, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hakuchō Masamune

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1879

Place of Birth: Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1962

Profession: writer, literary critic, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Hakuchō Masamune

  • Hakucho Masamune (?? ??, Masamune Hakucho), a pseudonym of Tadao Masamune (March 3, 1879 – October 28, 1962) was a noted Japanese critic, novelist, and dramatist, and a leading member of the Japanese Naturalist school of literature. Masamune was born in Bizen, Okayama as the eldest son, where his birthplace is now a museum.
  • In 1896 he joined the English department of the Tokyo Senmon Gakko (now Waseda University).
  • He was baptized as a Christian by priest Uemura Masahisa in 1897.
  • After graduation, he worked in the university's Publishing Department, then in 1903 began writing literary, art, and cultural criticism for the Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper.
  • In 1904 he published his first novel, Sekibaku (Solitude), in the Shinshosetsu literary magazine, Jin’ai (Dust) in 1907, and gained attention with a naturalist novel, Doko-e (Whither?), published in serial form in Waseda bungaku through 1908.
  • He left the newspaper in 1910 to become a full-time author, and in 1911 his novel Doro ningyo (The Mud Doll) gained further acclaim. Although Masamune is perhaps most remembered for his criticism, he wrote a variety of works throughout his career, including short stories, dramas, and literary criticism.
  • Major novels include Ushibeya no nioi (The Stench of the Stable, 1916) and Shisha seisha (The Dead and the Living, 1916); his best known plays are perhaps Jinsei no kofuku (The Happiness of Human Life, 1924) and Tenshi hokaku (Captive Angels, 1947); and outstanding examples of his criticism include Bundan jimbutsu hyoron (Critical Essays on Literary Figures), Shiso mushiso (Thought and Non-Thought, 1938), Bundanteki jijoden (A Literary Autobiography, 1938), Sakka ron (A Study of Writers, 1941-2), Shizenshugi seisuishi (The Rise and Fall of Naturalism, 1948), and Uchimura Kanzo (1949). Masamune received the 1959 Yomiuri Prize in literature for Kotoshi no aki.

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