Yoshimi Usui

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Name Yoshimi Usui Role Author		Died July 12, 1987

Yoshimi Usui (臼井吉見, Usui Yoshimi, June 17, 1905–July 12, 1987) was a Japanese author and critic from Azumino, Nagano prefecture.

Usui won the 1974 Tanizaki Prize for Azumino (安曇野). It does not appear that any of his works have been translated into English.

Selected works

Hōjōki. Tsurezuregusa. Ichigon hōdanshu (方丈記. 徒然草. 一言芳談集), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1970.

Hitotsu no kisetsu, 1975.

Butai no ue de, 1976.

Genjitsu no gyoshi, Tōkyo : Ie no Hikari Kyokai, 1976.

Tsuchi to furusato no bungaku zenshū, 15 volumes, 1976-1977.

Jibun o tsukuru (自分をつくる), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1979.

Shohan (初版), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1985.

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