Are André Gide and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa of the same nationality?
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André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (] ; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight". Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介 , Akutagawa Ryūnosuke , 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927) was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story" and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He committed suicide at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.
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Sumio Iijima Sumio Iijima (飯島 澄男 "Iijima Sumio", born May 2, 1939) is a Japanese physicist, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "invention", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of nanotechnology. For this and other work Sumio Iijima was awarded, together with Louis Brus, the inaugural Kavli Prize for nanoscience in 2008.
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Alice Arisugawa Masahide Uehara (上原 正英 , Uehara Masahide , born April 26, 1959) , mainly known by his pseudonym Arisu Arisugawa (有栖川有栖 , Arisugawa Arisu ) , is a Japanese mystery writer. He is one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing and was the first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan from 2000 to 2005.
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Tatsuo Suzuki (martial artist) Tatsuo Suzuki (鈴木達夫 , Suzuki Tatsuo , April 27, 1928 – July 12, 2011) Yokohama, Japan was an 8th Dan Japanese karateka instrumental in spreading the martial art of Wadō-ryū karate to Europe and the United States.
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André Lhote André Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also very active and influential as a teacher and writer on art.
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Yo Akiyama Yō Akiyama (秋山 陽 , Akiyama Yō ) was born in Shimonoseki city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1953. He is an artist specializing in ceramics, and was a part of the "Sōdeisha" aesthetic movement.
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Jutaro Kuroda Jutaro Kuroda (黒田 重太郎 , Kuroda Jūtarō , 1887–1970) was a Japanese artist. After studying art with the two Japanese masters of Yōga art at his time, namely Kanokogi Takeshiro and then Asai Chū, Kuroda went to Europe from 1914 to 1918 and intensified his Western-style painting practice, adopting a style most closely following the style of French painter Camille Pissarro. It was on his second journey that he became a pupil of the French Cubist artist André Lhote. Upon his return to Japan, Kuroda introduced Cubism to his homeland and became a central figure in the art circles in Kyoto from the late Meiji to the Showa era as a particularly accomplished water-colourist and oil painter.
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Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale "Dragon: the Old Potter’s Tale" (龍 , Ryū ) is a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was first published in a collection of Akutagawa short stories, "Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū". The story is based on a thirteenth-century Japanese tale, with Akutagawa’s Taishō literary interpretations of modern psychology and the nature of religion.
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André Joyeux André Joyeux (1871-?) was a French artist, first teacher and director of the Gia Định art school (Trường Mỹ nghệ thực hành Gia Định) founded in 1913 in a suburb of Saigon, 12 years before Victor Tardieu founded the national EBAI in Hanoi.
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Ryu Shikun Ryu Shikun (柳時熏, born December 8, 1971 in Seoul, South Korea) is a professional Go player.
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Monsieur Lecoq (novel) Monsieur Lecoq is a novel by the nineteenth-century French detective fiction writer Émile Gaboriau, whom André Gide referred to as "the father of all current detective fiction". The novel depicts the first case of Monsieur Lecoq, an energetic young policeman who appears in other novels by Gaboriau.
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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 1969 Akutagawa Prize for "Fukaikawa" (Deep River), 1985 Yomiuri Prize for "Kaizu", and 1997 Noma Literary Prize for "Kodamashu".
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Andre Schmid (academic) Andre H. Schmid is a Canadian academic, author and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Korea at the University of Toronto.
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Walter Spies Walter Spies (15 September 1895 – 19 January 1942) was a Russian-born German primitivist painter. In 1923 he moved to Java, Indonesia. He lived in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting from 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art in the 1930s and he influenced the direction of Balinese art and Balinese drama.
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Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys (] ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening, and performance artist as well as a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue.
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André Erkau André Erkau (born 1968 in Dortmund) is a German film director and screenplay writer.
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Akimi Yoshida Akimi Yoshida (吉田 秋生 , Yoshida Akimi , born August 12, 1956) is a Japanese manga artist.
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Akio Morita Akio Morita (盛田 昭夫 , Morita Akio , January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.
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André Gaboriaud André Gaboriaud (1 May 1895 – 23 November 1969) was a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Einosuke Itō Einosuke Itō (伊藤 永之介 , Itō Einosuke , Akita, November 21, 1903 – July 26, 1959) was a Japanese writer.
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André Kim Andre Kim (August 24, 1935 – August 12, 2010) was a South Korean fashion designer based in Seoul, South Korea. He was known predominantly for his evening and wedding gown collections. He is survived by his adopted son, Kim Jung-do.