- Akira Yoshimura
Akira Yoshimura (jap. _ja. 吉村昭, "Yoshimura Akira"; *
May 1 1927 ; †July 31 2006 ) was a a prize winning Japanese writer.He was the president of the Japanese writers union and a
PEN member. He published over 20 novels, of which in particular "On Parole" und "Shipwrecks" are internationally known and have been translated into several languages. In 1984 he received theYomiuri Prize for his novel "Hagoku" ( _ja. 破獄,engl. prison break) based on the true story ofYoshie Shiratori .Books
* "Hagoku" ( _ja. 破獄)
* "Yami ni hirameku" ( _ja. 闇にひらめく, 1997), made into a movie as "The Eel"
* "Shipwrecks" ( _ja. 破船, "Hasen"). Harvest Books 1996, ISBN 0-15-600835-1
* "On Parole" Harvest Books 2000, ISBN 978-0156011471
* "One Man’s Justice". Cannongate 2004, ISBN 978-1841954790References
* [http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/09/yoshimura/index.html Review of "On Parole" at salon.com]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EED81639F937A15754C0A960958260 Review of "Shipwrecks" at the New York Times]
* [http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=23 Review of "Shipwrecks" at asianreviewofbooks.com]
* [http://www.canongate.net/AkiraYoshimura biographical note on the author at Cannongate]
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