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Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川 弘之, Agawa Hiroyuki) (December 24, 1920 – August 3, 2015) was a Japanese author. He was known for his fiction centered on World War II, as well as his biographies and essays.
Hiroyuki Agawa. Kodansha International, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 397 pages. This is the story of both an individual and an organization. The individual is Admiral Yamamoto, the...
Jan 1, 2000 · This is a biography of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet from 1939-1943. It is written by Hiroyuki Agawa, an author of biographies and historical fiction centered upon the Japanese experience in WW2. Agawa's biography of Yamamoto was originally published in Japan in 1969, and entitled ...
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Mar 1, 2006 · The colorful side of Yamamoto came out in a definitive 1969 biography by Hiroyuki Agawa, published in Japan. Based on personal accounts and Yamamoto’s own letters, the book caused a sensation because it revealed the intimate life of the hero admiral, complete with geisha dealings and ambivalence about World War II.
Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川 弘之 Agawa Hiroyuki?) is a Japanese author born on December 24, 1920, in Hiroshima, Japan. He is known for his fiction centered on World War II, as well as his biographies and essays. As a high school student Agawa was influenced by the Japanese author Naoya Shiga.
Jun 18, 2021 · Agawa, Hiroyuki, 1920- Publication date. 1979. Topics. Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943, Japan. Kaigun -- Biography, Admirals -- Japan -- Biography. Publisher. Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. through Harper & Row. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive.
Reviews HiROYUKi Agawa, The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Tokyo, New York, Kodansha International, 1979. 397 pp. $14.95.
