Hideo Takubo
was a noted Japanese author. He studied French literature at Keio University, and won the 61st Akutagawa Prize in 1969 for Fukaikawa (Deep River), the 37th Yomiuri Prize in 1985 for Kaizu, and the 50th Noma Literary Prize in 1997 for Kodamashu. References 1928 births 2001 deaths Japanese writers Akutagawa Prize winners Yomiuri Prize winners 20th-century novelists