Tanizaki
Americannoun
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She has won numerous literary prizes in Japan and the United States, including the Akutagawa Prize for “A Snake Stepped On” and the Tanizaki Prize for “Strange Weather in Tokyo.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Every one of her books could be subtitled “In Praise of Shadows” — cribbing from Junichiro Tanizaki, another writer important to her.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2021
Tanizaki wrote that Japanese writers first learned about romantic love from European literature.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
The room is featured prominently in “The Key,” Levy’s modern adaptation of the Japanese novel by Nobel Prize Laureate Junichiro Tanizaki and starring David Arquette and Bai Ling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2014
Some Prefer Nettles, by Junichiro Tanizaki, gave U.S. readers the first real chance to sample the work of Japan's No. 1 living novelist.
From Time Magazine Archive
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