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Junzaburō Nishiwaki

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Death42 years ago
Date of birth January 20,1894
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Kitauonuma District
Niigata
Date of died June 5,1982
DiedOjiya
Niigata
Japan
Resting place Zōjōji Temple
Shiba, Minato, Tokyo
Literary movements Modernism
Surrealism
Job Poet
Education New College
Keio University
BooksThe poetry and poetics of Nishiwaki Junzaburō
The Modern Fable
Gen'ei
Awards Person of Cultural Merit
Place of burialZojoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Junzaburō Nishiwaki was a contemporary Japanese poet and literary critic, active in Shōwa period Japan, specializing in modernism, Dadaism and surrealism. He was also a noted painter of watercolors. Between 1960 and 1966, Nishiwaki received 7 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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