Tatsuhiro Ōshiro
Japanese novelist and playwright (1925–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tatsuhiro Ōshiro (大城 立裕, Ōshiro Tatsuhiro, 19 September 1925 – 27 October 2020) was an Okinawan novelist and playwright from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Tatsuhiro Ōshiro | |
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Born | (1925-09-19)September 19, 1925 Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan |
Died | October 27, 2020(2020-10-27) (aged 95) |
Occupation | Novelist, playwright |
Language | Japanese, Okinawan |
Genre | Fiction, theatre |
He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1967 for his novella of the same year, The Cocktail Party, which has been adapted for the stage[1] and made into a film.[2]
Ōshiro has also been an innovator of the traditional Ryukyuan narrative dance form known as kumi odori. Having added twenty new pieces to the repertoire, Ōshiro is credited as having "single-handedly revived the genre that originated in the 18th century"[3] by incorporating Okinawa shibai (dramas in the Okinawan language) and distinctive rhythms to construct a fluid, hybrid cultural identity.
His writings have been noted for making Okinawan culture and history accessible to Japanese readership,[4] while his more popular works have been critically praised for "offering an acute perspective on the psychological and moral implications of war and military occupation."[5]