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Line 1: {{Short description\|Japanese writer (1927–2006)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox writer \| ~~name~~ image = ~~Akira~~ ~~Yoshimura~~ ~~\| embed =~~ ~~\| honorific_prefix =~~ ~~\| honorific_suffix =~~ ~~\| image =~~ ~~\| image_size =~~ ~~\| image_upright =~~ \| alt = \| caption = Line 12 ⟶ 8: \| native_name_lang = ja \| pseudonym = \| ~~birth_name~~birth_date = {{Birth date\|1927\|5\|1}} ~~\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1927\|05\|01}}~~ \| birth_place = \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2006\|077\|31\|1927\|055\|011}} \| death_place = \| resting_place = \| occupation = Writer \| language = ~~\| residence =~~ \| nationality = Japanese \| citizenship = Line 29 ⟶ 23: \| subject = <!-- or: \| subjects = --> \| movement = \| notableworks = ''On Parole'' and ''Shipwrecks'' \| spouse = ~~<!--~~[[Tsumura ~~or: \| spouses = -->~~Setsuko]] \| partner = ~~<!-- or: \| partners = -->~~ \| children = \| relatives = Line 43 ⟶ 37: }} {{nihongo\|'''Akira Yoshimura'''\|吉村昭\|Yoshimura Akira\|extra=May 1, 1927; †– July 31, 2006}} was aan ~~prize~~award-winning Japanese writer. Internationally he is best known for his novels ''Shipwrecks'' and ''[[On Parole (novel)\|On Parole]]''. == Life and work == HeYoshimura was the president of the Japanese writers' union and a [[International PEN\|PEN]] member. He published over 20 novels, of which ''On Parole'' and ''Shipwrecks'' are internationally known and have been translated into several languages. In 1984 he received the [[Yomiuri Prize]] for his novel ''Hagoku'' ({{lang\|ja-Hani\|破獄}}, ''~~Prison~~On ~~Break~~Parole'') based on the true story of [[Yoshie Shiratori]].<ref>Richard Bernstein: [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/24/books/books-of-the-times-in-old-japan-human-horror-and-nature-s-revenge.html ''In Old Japan, Human Horror and Nature's Revenge''], ''The New York Times'', 24 July 1996.</ref><ref>Emily Gordon: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080307115615/http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/09/yoshimura/index.html ''on parole''], Salon.com, 9 March 2000 (archived).</ref> After the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\|2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami]], Yoshimura's nonfiction chronicle of three previous tsunamis on the [[Sanriku Coast\|coast of Sanriku]], ''Sanriku Kaigan Otsunami'' received an influx of orders, requiring a reprint of 150,000 copies. Yoshimura's wife and author in her own right, [[Tsumura Setsuko\|Setsuko Tsumura]] donated the royalties from the book to the village of [[Tanohata, Iwate\|Tanohata]], which was heavily impacted by the tsunami. Tanohata was a favorite place of Yoshimura's to visit and inspired him to begin research on the historical tsunamis of the area.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4rpDAAAQBAJ&q=Setsuko+Tsumura&pg=PA89\|title=Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown\|last1=Karan\|first1=Pradyumna P.\|last2=Suganuma\|first2=Unryu\|date=2016-08-30\|publisher=University Press of Kentucky\|isbn=9780813167329\|language=en}}</ref> ==Books==▼ * ''Hagoku'' ({{lang\|ja-Hani\|破獄}})▼ Yoshimura was married to the writer [[Setsuko Tsumura]]. * ''Yami ni hirameku'' ({{lang\|ja-Jpan\|闇にひらめく}}, 1997)▼ * ''Shipwrecks'' ({{lang\|ja-Hani\|破船}}, ''Hasen''). Harvest Books 1996, {{ISBN\|0-15-600835-1}}▼ ▲==Books (selection)== * ''[[On Parole (novel)\|On Parole]]'' Harvest Books 2000, {{ISBN\|978-0-15-601147-1}}, loosely adapted into a movie as ''[[The Eel (film)\|The Eel]]''▼ * 1966 ''Senkan Musashi'' ({{lang\|ja\|戦艦武蔵}}) * ''One Man’s Justice''. Canongate 2004, {{ISBN\|978-1-84195-479-0}}▼ :* English edition: ''Battleship Musashi: The Making and Sinking of the Worlds Biggest Battleship'' (Kodansha USA, 1999) * ''Kuma arashi'' (『羆嵐』 1982)([[shinchosha]]) * 1967 ''Mizu no sōretsu'' ({{lang\|ja\|水の葬列}}) * 1970 ''Umi no kabe sanriku kaigan ōtsunami'' ({{lang\|ja\|海の壁三陸沿岸大津波}}) * 1978 ''Tōi hi no sensō'' ({{lang\|ja\|遠い日の戦争}}) ▲:* English edition: ''One Man’s Justice''. (Canongate, 2004), {{ISBN\|978-1-84195-479-0}} * 1979 ''Pōtsumasu no hata'' ({{lang\|ja\|ポーツマスの旗}}) (on the 1905 Japan-Russia [[Treaty of Portsmouth]] negotiation) :* French edition: ''Les Drapeaux de Portsmouth'' (Éditions Philippe Picquier, 1990) * 1982 ''Hasen'' ({{lang\|ja\|破船}}) ▲:* English edition: ''Shipwrecks'' ({{lang\|ja-Hani\|破船}}, ''Hasen''). (Harvest Books, 1996), {{ISBN\|0-15-600835-1}} ▲* 1983 ''Hagoku'' ({{lang\|ja-Hani\|破獄}}) * 1988 ''Karishakuhō'' ({{lang\|ja\|仮釈放}}) ▲:* English edition: ''[[On Parole (novel)\|On Parole]]'' (Harvest Books, 2000), {{ISBN\|978-0-15-601147-1}}, loosely adapted into a movie as ''[[The Eel (film)\|The Eel]]'' ▲* 1989 ''Yami ni hirameku'' ({{lang\|ja~~-Jpan~~\|闇にひらめく}}~~, 1997~~) * 1998 ''Namamugi jiken'' ({{lang\|ja\|生麦事件}}) * 1999 ''Amerika Hikozō'' ({{lang\|ja\|アメリカ彦蔵}}) (on [[Joseph Heco]]) :* English edition: ''Storm Rider'' (Harcourt, 2004) ==Awards and honors== * 1966: [[Dazai Osamu Prize]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/dazai/history/\|language=japanese\|title=宰治賞受賞者一覧\|trans-title=Dazai Osamu Prize Winners List\|publisher=[[Chikuma Shobō]]\|access-date=September 21, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701194255/http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/dazai/history/\|archive-date=2018-07-01\|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1966 - [[Dazai Osamu Prize]] * 1973 -: [[Kikuchi Kan Prize]] * 1985: 36th [[Yomiuri Prize]]<ref name=yomiuri>{{cite web\|url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html\|language=japanese\|title=読売文学賞\|trans-title=Yomiuri Prize for Literature\|publisher=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]\|access-date=September 21, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003703/https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html\|archive-date=2018-09-01\|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1985 - [[Yomiuri Prize]] * 1997 -: [[Japan Art Academy]] member * 2006 -: [[Order of the Rising Sun\|Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class ]] ==References== {{reflist}} [http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/09/yoshimura/index.html Review of ''On Parole'' at salon.com] [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EED81639F937A15754C0A960958260 Review of ''Shipwrecks'' at the New York Times] ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20030513104940/http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=23 Review of ''Shipwrecks'' at asianreviewofbooks.com] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshimura, Akira}} [[Category:Japanese writers]]▼ [[Category:Japanese historical novelists]]▼ [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century novelists]] [[Category:Gakushuin University alumni]] [[Category:~~Writers~~Kaisei ~~from~~Academy ~~Tokyo~~alumni]] ▲[[Category:Japanese historical novelists]] ▲[[Category:Japanese writers]] [[Category:Presidents of the Japan Writers’ Association]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class]] [[Category:~~20th-century~~Writers ~~novelists~~from Tokyo]] [[Category:Yomiuri Prize winners]]