Biography
Minoru Betsuyaku (別役 実, Betsuyaku Minoru, 1937 – March 3, 2020) was one of Japan's most prominent postwar playwrights, novelists, and essayists, associated with the Angura ("underground") theater movement in Japan. He won a name for himself as a writer in the "nonsense" genre and helped lay the foundations of the Japanese "theater of the absurd." His works focused on the aftermath of the war and especially the nuclear holocaust.
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Writer 2
TV Shows 1
Screenplay 1
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-06-04
Deathday2020-03-03 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceHsinking, Manchukuo
ChildrenRei Betsuyaku
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As別役実
AwardsYomiuri Theater Awards, Art Encouragement Prizes, Kinokuniya Awards, Asahi Prize, Kishida Prize for Drama
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