Takehiko Fukunaga

Novelist. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of French Literature at Tokyo Imperial University. In the fall of 1942 (Showa 17), he formed a new literary group called "Matinee Poétique" with friends he had known since Kaisei Junior High School in Tokyo, including Shinichiro Nakamura, Shuichi Kato, and Keisaku Kubota. During that time, he met Tatsuo Hori. His first full-length novel, "Fudo," which he had been working on since before the war, was completed in 1951 (Showa 26), after Japan's defeat. This work, which combines traditional French psychological novels with the stream-of-consciousness method, was highly praised, and he established his position in the literary world by publishing his next full-length novel, "Kusa no Hana" (Flowers of Grass) (1954). After the war, he spent a long time recuperating, but his vigorous creative ability did not wane, and his representative works include "River of Forgetfulness" (1964), "Mirage City" (1968), and "Shi no Shima" (Island of Death), which won the Japan Literature Grand Prize. His novelistic methods were conscious and experimental, rare in contemporary literature, and he was eager to create a romantic novel. He also wrote the critical biography "Gauguin's World," which won the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and he also attempted to write detective novels under the name Reitarou Kata.

[Takashi Nakaishi]

"The Complete Works of Takehiko Fukunaga, 20 volumes (1986-88, Shinchosha)"

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小説家。福岡県に生まれる。東京帝国大学仏文科卒業。1942年（昭和17）秋、東京開成中学以来の友人中村真一郎や加藤周一、窪田(くぼた)啓作らと新しい文学グループ「マチネ・ポエティック」を結成。その間、堀辰雄(たつお)を知る。戦前から書き進められていた最初の長編『風土』は、敗戦を挟み、51年（昭和26）に完成。フランスの伝統的な心理小説と意識の流れの方法を交錯させたこの作品は、高く評価され、続いて書き下ろした長編『草の花』（1954）を刊行することによって文壇的な地位を確立した。戦後、長い療養生活が続くが、旺盛(おうせい)な創作力は衰えず、その後の代表的作品に『忘却の河』（1964）、『海市(かいし)』（1968）、日本文学大賞を受賞した『死の島』などがある。現代文学ではまれなほど小説の方法が意識的で実験的であり、ロマンの創造に意欲的であった。ほかに毎日出版文化賞を受けた評伝『ゴーギャンの世界』があり、また加田伶太郎(れいたろう)の名で推理小説も試みている。

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『『福永武彦全集』全20巻（1986～88・新潮社）』

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