10 Facts About Tsuneari Fukuda

Tsuneari Fukuda was a Japanese dramatist, translator, and literary critic.

Tsuneari Fukuda became a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1981.

Tsuneari Fukuda was a frequent contributor to conservative magazines, such as Bungeishunju, Shokun, and Jiyu.

Tsuneari Fukuda was born to Koshiro and Masa Fukuda on 25 August 1912 in the Hongo ward of Tokyo.

Tsuneari Fukuda attended Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied English literature, graduating in 1936.

Tsuneari Fukuda began his long career as a literary critic with a contribution to the Kodo bungaku literary magazine in 1937, the article entitled "Riichi Yokomitsu and The Author's Secret".

From 1950 onward, Tsuneari Fukuda's interest shifted away from general literary criticism and critiques of individual writers.

Tsuneari Fukuda was linked to Shingeki, and in 1955 he did a production of Hamlet with Hiroshi Akutagawa, son of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, playing the lead role.

Tsuneari Fukuda wrote a 1957 essay Directing Shakespeare, which dealt with his views on the subject of directing Shakespearean plays.

Tsuneari Fukuda died at the age of 82 from complications related to pneumonia at Tokai University Oiso Hospital on 20 November 1994.