Naomi

Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived there until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of his novelThe Makioka Sisters(1943-48). Among his works areNaomi(1924),Some Prefer Nettles(1928),Quicksand(1930),Arrowroot(1931),A Portrait of Shunkin(1933),The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi(1935), modern versions ofThe Tale of Genji(1941, 1954, and 1965),Captain Shigemoto's Mother(1949),The Key(1956), andDiary of a Mad Old Man(1961). By 1930 he had gained such renown that an edition of his complete works was published, and he was awarded Japan's Imperial Prize in Literature in 1949. Tanizaki died in 1965.Tanizaki, Junichiro is the author of 'Naomi', published 2001 under ISBN 9780375724749 and ISBN 0375724745.