Hideo Takubo

Hideo Takubo (田久 保英夫, Takubo Hideo, January 25, 1928 - April 14, 2001) was a noted Japanese author. He studied French literature at Keio University, and won the 61st Akutagawa Prize in 1969 for Fukaikawa (Deep River),^[1] the 37th Yomiuri Prize in 1985 for Kaizu,^[2] and the 50th Noma Literary Prize in 1997 for Kodamashu.^[3]