About Baku Akae
Lived 1933 – 2012 (aged 79). Baku Akae was a Japanese novelist and writer.
was a Japanese novelist. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.
His novel Oidipusu no yaiba (オイディプスの刃, Oedipus' Sword) won the 1st Kadokawa Novel Award in 1974.
In 1984, his novels Kaikyou (海峡 Straits) and Yakumo ga Koroshita (八雲が殺した Yakumo Kills) won the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature.
Selection of works
Oidipusu no yaiba (オイディプスの刃 Oedipus' Sword). 1974. Kaikyou (海峡 Straits). 1984. Yakumo ga Koroshita (八雲が殺した Yakumo Kills). 1984. Translated by Nancy H Ross, Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis, Kurodahan Press, 2009. Aruman no dorei (アルマンの奴隷 Allemagne's Slaves). 1990. Gijokoku no mori no nagame (戯場国の森の眺め View of the Woods in the Playland) . 1996. Koso no fune (香草の船 The Grass Boat). 1990.
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Who was Baku Akae?
Japanese writer (1933-2012)
When was Baku Akae born?
Baku Akae was born on 22 April 1933 in Shimonoseki.
When did Baku Akae die?
Baku Akae died on 8 June 2012.
What was Baku Akae's occupation?
Baku Akae was a novelist and writer.
What nationality was Baku Akae?
Baku Akae was Japanese.
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