Tetsuo Miura

Tetsuo Miura (三浦 哲郎, Miura Tetsuo; 16 March 1931 – 29 August 2010) was a Japanese writer.

Biography Miura was born on 16 March 1931, in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, the youngest of six children. His family ran a kimono shop in downtown Hachinohe under the name Marusan (丸三). On the day of his sixth birthday, his second-oldest sister committed suicide by jumping off a ferry in the Tsugaru Strait after failing a college-entrance examination. They traveled for two years from 1582 to 1584 via Macau, Malaga, St. Helena, Lisbon to Rome, where they were received by Pope Gregory XIII. The delegation returned to Japan in 1590 with a Gutenberg printing press.

In addition to his work as a writer, he was also a member of the selection committee for the Akutagawa Prize from 1984 to 2003 and a member of the Japan Academy of Arts since 1988. In 2001, Miura suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right hand. Nevertheless, he continued to publish and published a collection of his essays under the title Ofukuro no Yomawari in June 2010.

In addition to his longer stories, he also wrote many short stories such as Jinenjo and Minomushi, both of which received the Yasunari Kawabata Prize in 1990 and 1995.

Death and legacy Miura died on 29 August 2010, of heart failure in Tokyo.

Miura is an honorary citizen of his hometown Hachinohe, which erected a memorial stone at the town hall.

Works 1960 – 忍ぶ川 (Shinobugawa), novel 1975/76 – 拳銃 (Kenjū), novel 1978 – 接吻 (Seppun) 1982 – 少年讃歌 (Shōnen sanka) 1984 – 白夜を旅する人々 (Hakuya o tabisuru hitobito) 2010 – おふくろの夜回り (Ofukuro no Yomawari), short-story collection