Haruto Kō, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Haruto Kō

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1988

Profession: poet, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Haruto Ko (? ??, Ko Haruto, August 1, 1906 - January 6, 1988) was a noted Japanese poet and novelist. Ko was born in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto and graduated from the Department of English Literature of Meiji Gakuin University.
He was arrested as a political offender during World War II, and after the war started to write I novels.
Ko received the 1969 Yomiuri Prize for Ichijo no hikari, as well as the Ministry of Education's Art Encouragement Prize.