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Mar 25, 1912 Nagano Prefecture, Japan Died on 25 Nov 1981 (aged 69)
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About Toshimasa Shimamura
- Toshimasa Shimamura (?? ??, Shimamura Toshimasa, March 25, 1912 - November 25, 1981) was a noted Japanese author of fiction. Shimamura was born in Nagano Prefecture, and in 1931 graduated from college with an English degree.
- His first book was published in 1941, and in 1943 his book ?? became the first of his several candidates for the Akutagawa Prize.
- He founded a company in 1955 which went bankrupt in 1962, after which he took up writing full-time.
- Shimamura won the 1979 Yomiuri Prize for Myoko no aki.
