Kuroi Senji

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kuroi.

Senji in 2014

Kuroi Senji (黒井くろい 千次せんじ) is a pen name of Osabe Shunjirō (長部おさべ 瞬まどか二郎じろう, 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, in a neighborhood similar to that depicted in his novel of linked stories, Gunsei (Life in the Cul-de-Sac, 群棲ぐんせい), for which he won the 1984 Tanizaki Prize.

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

Selected works

• Jikan (Time, 時間じかん), 1969.
• Gunsei (Life in the Cul-de-Sac, 群棲ぐんせい), 1984. Translated to English as Life in the Cul-de-Sac, trans. Philip Gabriel, Stone Bridge Press, 2001. ISBN 1-880656-57-4.
• Hane to tsubasa (Feathers and Wings), Kodansha, 2000. ISBN 4-06-210257-9.
• Ichinichi yume no saku (A Day in the Life), Kodansha, 2006. Translated to English as A Day in the Life, trans. Giles Murray, Dalkey Archive Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-56478-865-8.

External links

• Senji Kuroi at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
• Synopsis of A Day in the Life (Ichinichi, Yume no Saku) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)