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Yoshinaga Fujita

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Yoshinaga Fujita
Born1950
Died2020 (aged 69–70)
OccupationNovelist
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
GenreCrime
SpouseMariko Koike

Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田 宜永, Fujita Yoshinaga, 1950 – 30 January 2020) was a Japanese novelist and screenwriter.

Prizes

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Fujita was the 125th recipient of the Naoki Prize in 2001 [1]

Novels

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  • Adrift in Tokyo (Japanese title 転々, tenten)
  • A Laughing Frog (Warau Kaeru)
  • Territory of Love (愛の領分)

Screenwriting

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  • Adrift in Tokyo (Japanese title 転々, tenten) (2007)
  • Shikyū no Kioku (2007)
  • Senryokugai Tsūkoku (2009)

Personal life

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Fujita was married to fellow Naoki Prize winning novelist Mariko Koike from 1984 until his death in 2020.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Announced July 18, 2001 Japan Weekly Monitor, Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2001
  2. ^ The Japan Times, Sunday August 29, 2004
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