Toshio Shimao
Japanese novelist
Toshio Shimao was a Japanese novelist. He has been called a "writer's writer", which is used as both a compliment and criticism. Wikipedia
Born: April 18, 1917, 3 Chome, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: November 12, 1986 (age 69 years), Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Books: "The sting of death" and other stories and 日本の作家たち
Awards: Tanizaki Prize
Influenced by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, and more
Spouse: Miho Shimao (m. ?–1986)
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