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Japan

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ese author and poet, and the pen name of Tsutsumi Seiji (堤清 二), a major business leader.

Tsujii is the son of Tsutsumi Yasujirō

Yasujiro Tsutsumi

was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician, and business tycoon who founded a dynasty which became the wealthiest, most influential family of 20th century Japan.-Peasant farmer :...

, founder of the Seibu Railway

Seibu Railway

is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbreviation of "west Musashi," referring to the historic name for this area...

 company and a long-serving member, and eventually speaker, of Japan's House of Representatives. He was born in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 and, after receiving his degree in economics from the University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...

 in 1951, began work as a secretary to his father. He took on a series of executive roles, culminating in corporate leadership, including serving as chairman of the Saison group of companies, whose brands include Seibu Department Stores

Seibu Department Stores

is a Japanese department store. The first store to trade under the name opened its doors in 1949. Seibu is typical of Japanese department stores with a wide variety of stores doing business on several floors. The company is now a subsidiary of Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd..-Japan:The Seibu...

, Seiyū supermarket, Wave (a music shop), Parco

Parco

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 (shopping complex), Muji

MUJI

, or is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods.Muji is distinguished by its design minimalism, emphasis on recycling, avoidance of waste in production and packaging, and no-logo or "no-brand" policy....

(a variety store) and Loft (a variety store). His fortune was more than 70 billion dollars in 1987.

In addition to his business career, Tsujii has also had a notable career as writer and poet under his pen name, and has served as Director of International PEN

International PEN

PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....

 Club, Japan. His work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, and Russian.

Prizes

• 1994 Tanizaki Prize
  Tanizaki Prize
  The Tanizaki Prize , named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher...
  
   for Niji no misaki (Rainbow Cape, 虹の岬)
• 2004 Noma Literary Prize
  Noma Literary Prize
  The Noma Literary Prize was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association in accordance with the last wishes of Noma Seiji , founder and first president of the Kōdansha publishing company. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan...
  
  Chichi no shōzō (Portrait of My Father)

English translations

• A spring like any other : a novel, translated by Beth Cary. Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1992. ISBN 4-7700-1550-X.
• Disappearance of the butterfly, translated by Robert Brady & Susanne Akemi Wegmüller. Santa Fe: Katydid Books; Honolulu, HI: Distributed by University of Hawaii Press, 1994. ISBN 0-942668-43-X.

Selected works

• Hōkō no kisetsu no naka de, 1969.
• Shi doku henreki, 1975.
• Tsujii Takashi shishū, 1975.
• Kemonomichi wa kurai, 1977.
• Hako matawa shingō e no koshitsu, 1978.
• Shinʾya no dokusho, Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1982.
• Itsumo to onaji haru (いつも と 同じ 春), Tōkyō : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1983.
• Fuan no shūhen (不安 の 周辺), Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1985.
• Shōwa no shūen : 20-seiki shogainen no hōkai to mirai (昭和 の 終焉 : 20世紀 諸概念 の 崩壊 と 未来), Tōkyō : Toreviru : Hatsubai Riburo Pōto, 1986.
• Anʾya henreki (暗夜 遍歴), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1987.
• Yōnaki hito no (ようなき 人 の), Tōkyō : Shichōsha, 1989.
• Yoshimoto Takaaki "itsutsu no taiwa" (吉本 隆明 「五つ の 対話」), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1990.
• Kokkyō no owari : yo no owari no tame no yonshō (国境 の 終り : 世 の 終り の ため の 四章), Tōkyō : Fukutake Shoten, 1990.
• Niji no misaki (虹 の 岬), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1994.
• Koigokoro (恋心), Tōkyō : Sakuhinsha, 1995.
• Dentō no sōzōryoku (伝統 の 創造力), Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten, 2001.
• Chichi no shozo (Portrait of My Father), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 2004.