Chapter 17 Chronology of Mr. Inoue Yasushi

Born in May 1907 in a family of military doctors in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. In 1926, he graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Numazu Junior High School. Under the influence of Takeshi Koji and others, he loved literature. In 1950, he entered Kyushu Imperial University to study and joined the poetry magazine "Flame". In 1932, he transferred from Kyushu Imperial University to the Department of Philosophy and Aesthetics of Kyoto Imperial University. In 1936, he published his first novel "Circulation" and joined the Osaka head office of "Mainichi Shimbun" as a reporter.

In 1937, he was enlisted to join the Army and stationed in North China. He retired from the army due to illness in 1958 and continued to work in journalism. In 1946, he served as the director of the Department of Social Sciences and Art of "Daily News". In 1950, he won the Akutagawa Literature Award for his novel "Bullfighting". In 1951, he quit the "Daily News" agency and became a professional writer. The novel was published in 1954. In 1955, he served as a member of the Akutagawa Literature Award Selection Committee. Published a novel in 1957, known as one of the representative works of Inoue literature.Visited China in October of the same year.

In 1958, he won the Japan Art Selection Award and the Minister of Education Award.The novel was published in the same year. In 1959, the novel "The Estuary" was published. In 1960, he won the Mainichi Art Award with two novels.In the same year, he began to edit Yasushi Inoue Bunko, a total of 26 volumes. In 1961, he published a novel based on "The Secret History of the Yuan Dynasty". Since 1964, he has been a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1965, he went to Central Asia to investigate the "Silk Road". From 1969 to 1972, he served as the chairman of the Japan Association of Literary Artists.

In 1972, he served as the chairman of the Kawabata Yasunari Memorial Association. In 1974, he visited China and served as a permanent director of the Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association and a member of the Japanese Cultural Property Protection Committee in the same year. In 1975, he was the head of the delegation of Japanese writers to visit China. In 1976, he was awarded the Cultural Medal. During 1977-1978, he visited China several times. In 1979, he served as a permanent consultant of the China-Japan Cultural Exchange Association. Received the Asahi Award in 1985. In 1989, his last work won the Noma Culture Award.

Died in 1991 at the age of 83.