About Takayuki Kiyooka
Lived 1922 – 2006 (aged 83). Takayuki Kiyooka was a Japanese poet, novelist, writer and literary critic.
was a Japanese poet and novelist. He was born in Dalian, China, while it was Japan's leased territory, spent his youth there, and is noted for his stories about the life in Dalian. He received the Akutagawa Prize in 1969, for his story, Dalian of Acasia Flowers.
He was married to Keiko Iwasaka.
Major works Frozen Frames (氷った焔, Kōtta honō, 1959) Dalian of Acasia Flowers (1969) Sakharov's Fantasy (サハロフの幻想, Sakharov no genbō, 1969)
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Who was Takayuki Kiyooka?
Japanese writer
When was Takayuki Kiyooka born?
Takayuki Kiyooka was born on 9 June 1922 in Dalian.
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Takayuki Kiyooka died on 3 June 2006 in Tokyo.
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Takayuki Kiyooka was a poet, novelist, writer and literary critic.
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Takayuki Kiyooka was Japanese.
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