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遠藤 周作 (Shūsaku Endō)

  • Shusaku Endo
  • Shūsaku Endō
  • Endō Shūsaku
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周作, 遠藤
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Male
Date of birth
1923-03-27
Place of birth
Tokyo
Date of death
1996-09-29
Place of death
Tokyo

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Shūsaku Endō (遠藤 周作, Endō Shūsaku; March 27, 1923 – September 29, 1996) was a Japanese author who wrote from the perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Internationally, he is known for his 1966 historical fiction novel Silence, adapted into a 2016 film by Scorsese. He was the laureate of several prestigious literary accolades, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Order of Culture, and was inducted into the Roman Catholic Order of St. Sylvester by Pope Paul VI.

Together with Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, Shōtarō Yasuoka, Junzo Shono, Hiroyuki Agawa, Ayako Sono (also Catholic), and Shumon Miura, Endō is categorized as part of the "Third Generation" (that is, the third major group of Japanese writers to appear after World War II).

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Silence: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)Paperback97812500822442016-01-05
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Goodreads Author ID
14164
ISNI
0000000108814023
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL4282449A
VIAF
27064057
Wikidata ID
Q316217

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