Akira Yoshimura



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Akira Yoshimura

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born
May 01, 1927 in Japan

died
July 26, 2006

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction


About this author

Prize winning Japanese writer. Akira Yoshimura was the president of the Japanese writers union and a PEN member. He published over 20 novels, of which in particular On Parole and Shipwrecks are internationally known and have been translated into several languages. In 1984 he received the Yomiuri Prize for his novel Hagoku (破獄,engl. prison break) based on the true story of Yoshie Shiratori.


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Average rating: 3.88 · 596 ratings · 100 reviews · 22 distinct works
Shipwrecks
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
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On Parole
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions
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One Man's Justice
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Storm Rider
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Battleship Musashi: The Mak...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Le Convoi De L'eau
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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La guerre des jours lointains
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Zero Fighter
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012
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