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My Take
Hitonari Tsuji's list of occupations makes me stop and read it twice: poet, novelist, film director, screenwriter, singer-songwriter. Any one of those is a full life. He took the Akutagawa Prize in 1996 and the Prix Femina etranger in 1999, meaning he satisfied the Japanese literary establishment and French readers within three years of each other. That is not a common trick. For his music he switches the reading of his own name to Jinsei, a small formality I find oddly charming. His work has been translated into around twenty languages and has sold over ten million copies. This is not a dabbler spreading himself thin; it is someone going all in, in every direction at once.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hitonari Tsuji
- Name (Japanese)
- 辻仁成
- Born
- October 4, 1959 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Boar
- Origin
- Hino, Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- poet / novelist / film director / singer-songwriter / screenwriter
2. Background
- University
- Seijo University
Awards & achievements
- 1996 Akutagawa Prize
- 1999 Prix Femina étranger
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.j-tsuji-h.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tsujihitonari/
- Xhttps://x.com/TsujiHitonari
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%BB%E4%BB%81%E6%88%90
Frequently asked questions
When was Hitonari Tsuji born?
Born October 4, 1959 (age 66).
Where is Hitonari Tsuji from?
Hitonari Tsuji is from Hino, Tokyo, Japan.
What does Hitonari Tsuji do?
Hitonari Tsuji works as poet, novelist, film director, singer-songwriter, screenwriter.
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-07-27
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.