Haruto Kō
Kō was born in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto and graduated from the Department of English Literature of Meiji Gakuin University. He was arrested as a political offender during World War II, and after the war started to write I novels. Kō received the 1969 Yomiuri Prize for Ichijō no hikari, as well as the Ministry of Education's Art Encouragement Prize.
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Haruto Kō
- Name
- Haruto Kō
- Born
- 1 August 1906
- Birthplace
- Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
- Died
- 6 January 1988
- Occupation
- Poet and novelist
- Education
- Meiji Gakuin University
- Awards
- 1969 Yomiuri Prize, Ministry of Education's Art Encouragement Prize Haruto Kō was a noted Japanese poet and novelist.
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Honours
- Hirabayashi Taiko Prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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Haruto Kō lived from 1906 to 1988 and was a writer.
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Haruto Kō was born in 1906. Haruto Kō died in 1988.
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• Name — Haruto Kō • Native Name — 耕 治人 • Born — 1 August 1906 • Birthplace — Yatsushiro, Kumamoto • Died — 6 January 1988 • Occupation — Poet and novelist • Education — Meiji Gakuin University • Awards — 1969 Yomiuri Prize, Ministry of Education's Art Encouragement Prize Haruto Kō was a noted Japanese poet and novelist.
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• "Black Market Blues", in Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and Detection, John L. Apostolou and Martin Harry Greenberg, editors, New York: Dembner Books, 1987..
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1906
Haruto Kō born at Yatsushiro.
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Haruto Kō died.
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Haruto Kō is recorded as having received Hirabayashi Taiko Prize.
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