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Pulvers, Roger (Roger Pulvers, Australia)

Pulvers, Roger (Roger Pulvers, Australia)

Author, Playwright, Theatre Director, Journalist and Translator

Author, playwright, theatre director, journalist and translator, Roger has been active in Japanese and Australian media and theatre for more than 40 years.  He has also worked in film, having been assistant director to Oshima Nagisa on “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.”

Roger’s novels include The Death of Urashima Taro, General Yamashita’s Treasure, The Honey and the Fires and The Dream of Lafcadio Hearn.  He has published more than 40 books, including novels, plays, nonfiction, poetry and translations in both Japanese and English.  In 2010-’11 he scripted and hosted the popular weekly NHK television show, “Gift E-meigen.”

Prizes and honors include the Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Script at the 27th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran for “Ashita e no Yuigon”; the Miyazawa Kenji Prize in 2008; and, in 2013, the Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature. 

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