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Masuji Ibuse

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Masuji Ibuse (井伏鱒二, 1898 - 1993) was a Japanese author born in Kamo in the Hiroshima prefecture.

Ibuse was born in 1898 to a landowning family in the country. At the age of 19 he started studying at Waseda University in Tokyo. He was at first interersted in studying poetry and painting but was encouraged to study fiction and ended up specialising in French literature. He never graduated but began publishing stories in the early 1920's. He began to be recognised in the late 20's when his work was favorably mentioned by some of Japan's top critics. The themes he employed were usually intelectual fantasies that used animal allegories, historical fiction, and the country life. During World War II he worked for the government as a propaganda writer.

Ibuse was known and appreciated for most of his career until after the war when he became famous. In 1966 he published his most well known work: Kuroi Ame ("Black Rain") which won him international acclaim and several awards including the Noma Prize and The Order of Cultural Merit, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Japanese author. The novel draws its material from the bombing of Hiroshima with the title refering to the nuclear fallout.

Selected works

References

  • Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, article- "Ibuse Masuji"
 

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