Talk:Masaaki Tachihara

A fact from Masaaki Tachihara appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 January 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that award-winning Japanese novelist Tachihara Masaaki was a Zainichi Korean, whose works were strongly influenced by Zeami's traditional Japanese Noh dramas?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/January.

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Old Discussion[edit]

I do not see Tachihara's name or any of his aliases or the stories that allegedly won on the Akutagawa Prize official list at the website of the magazine that gives it out (http://www.bunshun.co.jp/award/akutagawa/list1.htm)

Also corroborating the fact that he did not win is that Lee Hoesung was the first Korean winner of the prize in 1972, and the second Korean winner did not come until 1988 (Lee Yangji), by which time Tachihara was already deceased. I believe the confusion is arising because he was only nominated for the prize, but did not actually receive it; see Wilson, Michiko (April 1986). "Cliff's Edge and Other Stories by Tachihara Masaaki, Stephen W. Kohl". Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. Vol. 20 (No. 1): pp. 120-124. {{cite journal}}: |number= has extra text (help); |pages= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help) cab 06:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

These issues have been resolved in a later revision --MChew 06:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]