"First Night of Life" - Book of Life

…He became acquainted with Yasunari Kawabata through correspondence, and through his introduction, he published “Maki Rojin” (1935). In 1936, he published “The First Night of Life” (originally titled “The First Night” and renamed by Kawabata), which won the Literary Society Award. He later published “Conception in the Leprosy Hospital” (1936), “Diary of a Seriously Illness Room” and “Song of Nostalgia” (1937), and “Clown Play” (1938). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "The First Night of Life" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…川端康成と通信で知り合い，その斡旋で《間木老人》(1935)を発表した。ついで36年には《いのちの初夜》(原題は《最初の一夜》で，川端が改題した)を発表，文学界賞を受けた。のち《癩院受胎》(1936)，《重病室日誌》《望郷歌》(1937)，《道化芝居》(1938)などが発表された。…

※「《いのちの初夜》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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