Kunio Ogawa

Kunio Ogawa
Ogawa in 1956
Born	(1927-12-21)December 21, 1927 Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	April 8, 2008(2008-04-08) (aged 80) Shizuoka (city), Japan
Language	Japanese

Kunio Ogawa (小川 国夫, Ogawa Kunio, December 21, 1927 – April 8, 2008) was a Japanese novelist born in Fujieda, Shizuoka.

Ogawa was a graduate of the Japanese literature department at Tokyo University. In 1957, Ogawa wrote a book titled Aporon no shima (Isles of Apollo) after taking a trip to the Mediterranean. It was praised by the novelist Toshio Shimao, launching Ogawa's career as a writer. His style is insightful to nature and mankind, and it is noted to be clear yet dense.^[1]

He died on April 8, 2008, aged 80, in Shizuoka Prefecture.^[2]