Sakunosuke Oda

Novelist. Born on October 26, 1913 in Ikutamae-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka. The eldest son of his father Tsuruyoshi and mother Takae. Due to certain circumstances, he was listed on the family register of his mother's older brother, Suzuki Yasutaro. Later, when his parents registered their marriage and his father registered recognition, his surname was changed to Oda. The family business was fresh fish sales. In 1931 (Showa 6), he graduated from Takatsu Middle School and entered the former Third High School. In 1933, he published his first play, Ochiru (Falling). In 1935, he founded the coterie magazine Umikaze (Sea Breeze). In 1936, he dropped out of Third High School. In 1938, he published his first novel, Hitori Sumau (Living Alone). His work Rain (1938) caught the attention of Takeda Rintaro. In 1939, he married Miyata Kazue. In 1940, his novel Zokushu (Zokushu) (1939) was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize, and his novel Meoto Zenzai (Married Couple Pleasures) (1940) won the Kaizosha Literary Recommendation Award in its first competition, establishing him as a rising star. In 1941, he published The Paradox of Youth, but it was banned. His Doubutsu (Collection of Animals) (1941) was praised by Masamune Hakucho. From 1942, he published a series of historical novels, as well as the elegant masterpiece Ki no Miyako (The City of Trees) (1944). In 1944, he lost Kazue.

After the Second World War, in 1946 (Showa 21), he published a series of controversial works, including "Rokupaku Kinsei," "Ad Balloon," "Social Condition," and "Keiba," earning him the reputation of being a popular author, and went on to publish the full-length novels "Noctiluca" and "Saturday Wife." Immediately after publishing "Literature of Possibilities," a critique that transcended traditional literature, he coughed up blood and died on January 10, 1947 (Showa 22). He is buried at Ryogonji Temple in Osaka.

[Ban Yutaka]

"The Complete Works of Oda Sakunosuke, 8 volumes (1970, Kodansha)" ▽ "Aoyama Mitsuji's "The Gamble of Youth - The Novel of Oda Sakunosuke" (Chuko Bunko)" ▽ "Otani Koichi's "Living, Loving, Writing - The Life of Oda Sakunosuke" (1973, Kodansha)"

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小説家。大正2年10月26日、大阪市中央区生玉前町に生まれる。父鶴吉、母たかゑの長男。事情あって母の兄鈴木安太郎の戸籍に登載。のち両親の婚姻届け出、父の認知届け出とともに織田姓に改められた。家業は鮮魚商。1931年（昭和6）高津中学を卒業し旧制第三高等学校に入学。33年、処女戯曲『落ちる』を発表。35年、同人誌『海風』を創刊。36年、三高を退学。38年、処女小説『ひとりすまう』を発表。『雨』（1938）が武田麟太郎(りんたろう)に注目された。39年、宮田一枝と結婚。40年『俗臭』（1939）が芥川(あくたがわ)賞候補となり、『夫婦善哉(めおとぜんざい)』（1940）が改造社第1回文芸推薦作品受賞作となって、新進作家としての地位を獲得。41年『青春の逆説』を刊行したが発禁となる。『動物集』（1941）は正宗白鳥(まさむねはくちょう)から賞賛された。42年から一連の歴史小説や清楚(せいそ)な名作『木の都』（1944）などが発表された。44年、一枝を失う。

　第二次世界大戦後、1946年（昭和21）『六白金星』『アド・バルーン』『世相』『競馬』と問題作を集中的に発表、流行作家の名をほしいままにし、さらに長編『夜光虫』『土曜夫人』を発表。伝統文学を超克する評論『可能性の文学』を発表と同時に喀血(かっけつ)し、翌47年（昭和22）1月10日死去。大阪楞厳(りょうごん)寺に眠る。

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『『織田作之助全集』全8巻（1970・講談社）』▽『青山光二著『青春の賭け――小説織田作之助』（中公文庫）』▽『大谷晃一著『生き愛し書いた――織田作之助伝』（1973・講談社）』

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