Kuroi Senji is a pen name

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 of Osabe Shunjirō (長部 瞬二郎, born May 28, 1932), Japanese author of fiction and essays.

Kuroi is a member of the "Introspective Generation" of Japanese writers, whose work depicts the thoughts of ordinary Japanese. He lives in Tokyo's western suburbs, along the Chūō Main Line

Chuo Main Line

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, in a neighborhood similar to that depicted in his novel of linked stories, Gunsei (Life in the Cul-de-Sac, 群棲), for which he won the 1984 Tanizaki Prize

Tanizaki Prize

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As of 2006 he is president of the Japan Writer's Association (Nihon Bungeika Kyokai).

Selected works

• Jikan (Time, 時間), 1969.
• Gunsei (Life in the Cul-de-Sac, 群棲), 1984. Translated to English as Life in the Cul-de-Sac, trans. Philip Gabriel
  Philip Gabriel
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  , Stone Bridge Press, 2001. ISBN 1-880656-57-4.
• Hane to tsubasa (Feathers and Wings), Kodansha, 2000. ISBN 4-06-210257-9.