was a Japanese writer and critic from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. Usui won the 1974 10th

Tanizaki Prize The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 ''Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō''), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō K� ...

for ''Azumino'' (安曇野). In 1977 he published a novelised account of Kawabata's death that led to a lawsuit against him by the

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

-winner's family. Van C. Gessel, Three Modern Novelists,

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

, 1993; p. 207, note 96

Selected works

*''Hōjōki. Tsurezuregusa. Ichigon hōdanshu'' (方丈記. 徒然草. 一言芳談集), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1970. *''Hitotsu no kisetsu'', 1975. *''Butai no ue de'', 1976. *''Genjitsu no gyoshi'', Tōkyo : Ie no Hikari Kyokai, 1976. *''Tsuchi to furusato no bungaku zenshū'', 15 volumes, 1976–1977. *''Jikō no tenmatsu'' (事故のてんまつ), 1977. *''Jibun o tsukuru'' (自分をつくる), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1979. *''Shohan'' (初版), Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1985.

References

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