Takayuki Kiyooka (清岡 卓行, Kiyooka Takayuki, July 29, 1922 - June 3, 2006) was a Japanese poet and novelist. He was born in Dalian, China, while it was Japan's leased territory, spent his youth there, and is noted for his stories about the life in Dalian. He received the Akutagawa Prize in 1969, for his story, Dalian of Acasia Flowers.[1]

He was married to Keiko Iwasaka.[2]

Major works

  • Frozen Frames (氷った焔, Kōtta honō, 1959)
  • Dalian of Acasia Flowers (1969)
  • Sakharov's Fantasy (サハロフの幻想, Sakharov no genbō, 1969)

References

  1. ↑ "【満州文化物語（８）】芥川賞作家・清岡卓行と、自死した後輩 戦争で失われた「故郷」への強い想いとは… （1/4ページ）". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. ↑ Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993. Marlene R. Edelstein. [Copenhagen]: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-268-4. OCLC 32348453.


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