Junzaburō Nishiwaki
Nishiwaki Junzaburō | |
|---|---|
Nishiwaki Junzaburō | |
| Native name | 西脇 順三郎 |
| Born | 20 January 1894 Ojiya, Niigata Japan |
| Died | 5 June 1982 (aged 88) Ojiya, Niigata, Japan |
| Resting place | Zōjō-ji, Shiba, Tokyo Japan |
| Occupation | Writer, Translator, Literary Critic |
| Alma mater | Keio University New College, Oxford |
| Genre | poetry |
| Literary movement | modernism, surrealism |
| Notable awards | Yomiuri Prize (1957) |
Junzaburō Nishiwaki (西脇 順三郎, Nishiwaki Junzaburō; 20 January 1894 – 5 June 1982) was a Japanese poet and literary critic, active in Shōwa period Japan, specializing in modernism, Dadaism and surrealism. He was also a noted painter of watercolors.
Between 1960 and 1966, Nishiwaki received 7 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.