Shusaku Endo

Novelist, Author

1923 – 1996

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Who was Shusaku Endo?

Shūsaku Endō was a Japanese author who wrote from the rare perspective of a Japanese Roman Catholic. Together with Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, Shōtarō Yasuoka, Junzo Shono, Hiroyuki Agawa, Ayako Sono, and Shumon Miura, Endō is categorized as one of the "Third Generation", the third major group of writers who appeared after World War II.

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Born
Mar 27, 1923
Toshima, Tokyo
Also known as
  • Endō Shūsaku
  • Shūsaku Endō
  • えんどう しゅうさく
  • 遠藤 周作
  • Syuusaku Endoh
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Education
  • University of Lyon
  • Keio University
  • Waseda University
Died
Sep 29, 1996
Tokyo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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