Kōji Uno

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Uno in 1953

Kōji Uno (宇野 浩二, Uno Kōji, July 26, 1891 - September 21, 1961) was a noted Japanese novelist and short story writer.

Uno was born in

Boris Konstantinovich Zaytsev
.

At age 28, Uno published his first major work, "In the Storehouse", whose colloquial and ironic style was criticized as "flippant" and "popular". After seven years (1927–1933) of mental illness and silence, his publications became more conventional and Uno participated in the literary life of the day. During

Taishō period
(1912–1926).

He received the

pulmonary tuberculosis
.

References

  • Elaine Gerbet (trans.), Love of mountains: two stories By Kōji Uno, University of Hawaii Press, 1997, pages 1–6. .
  • Donald Keene, Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era, Columbia University Press, 1998, pages 523–525. .