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PERSONAL INFO
Family:
Son of Tsuneshia and Iku (Takei) Endo
Married Junko Okado, September 3, 1955
Children: Ryunosuke (son)
Education:
Keio University, Tokyo, B.A., 1949
Lyon University, Lyon, France, student in French literature, 1950-53
Memberships:
International PEN (president of Japanese Centre, 1969)
Association of Japanese Writers (member of executive committee, 1966)
AWARDS
Akutagawa prize (Japan), 1955, for Shiroihito
Tanizaki prize (Japan), 1967, for Chinmoku
Gru de Oficial da Ordem do Infante dom Henrique (Portugal), 1968, for Chinmoku
Sancti Silvestri, awarded by Pope Paul VI, 1970
Noma prize, 1980