Biography
The poet and journalist Dopardo Kukanda became one of the first in Japan-Naturalist writers. His creative pseudonym Dopardo (real name Tatsuo) is translated as "songs of a lonely wanderer." During the period of active literary activities, he wrote on different topics - poems about nature and humanity, about disappointment in civilization and the desire to leave the worldly bustle. And for recent years, the creation of realism is characteristic.Childhood and youth
Dopardo was born in Tiba Prefecture, in Japan, in the summer of 1871. The mother was a daughter of the peasant, and his father - Samurai, even entered the clan. When there was a transition from the samurai management system to the Imperial Board, the boy was 5 years old. His father received a position in the District Court of the city of Ivakuni. Due to the service of the breadwinner, the family often moved, and the future writer changed schools.
In the next such relocation, Dopardo did not follow the parents, and it remained to receive education in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, living in a school hostel. The love of Kikanda to literature originated there. At first, he was simply fascinated by the works of Tokutomi Soho, which showed interest in politics. And then he signed up in a literary circle, where he constantly listened to the teacher that a real writer should not create entertainment novels. Themes for works should be serious and thoughtful.
After graduating from school, the guy entered the Tokyo Special School, where he studied politics and English. However, due to the conflict with the rector, it was expelled, then the Dopard had to return to his parents. Money constantly lacked to somehow help the family, he settled in the village school as a teacher. And a year later, with his family went to Tokyo, where he began to lead the diary. By that time, he no longer worked, the father also fired from service, all thoughts arising in the depressed and depressed state, he recorded there.
Personal life
Kukanda did not immediately manage to build a personal life. The first marriage with Nobucco Sasaki, with which a man met in 1896, ended with divorce. The woman was tired of a beggar existence, and she chose to escape from the spouse. The second wedding took place in 1898, this time the element of Doparo became Enamoto Haruko.Creation
The first attempts to build a writer's career in the biography of Kukanda appear in 1885, when it is arranged in a local newspaper. Almost 2 months have managed to hold out there. Having lost the position, he moves to Saeques on Kyushu, where the teacher is happy again. There were also the first verses of the author. During the years preceding the Japanese War, again it is arranged in the publishing house and it works as a military correspondent from it. "Letters to your favorite brother", which were later decorated in the book, became the first work of Doper.
In 1896, a couple of small stories appear in the writer's bibliography, then his collection "Doppegin" is printed in the journal, and soon the first large work of "Uncle Gen" is born. In 1898, he again settled in the newspaper, led the category dedicated to diplomacy and politics. The work did not interfere with the man to continue literary activities, and soon he published a collection of "Plain Musasi", transmitting a genre of romanticism.
With the onset of the new century, the direction of the writer in literature has changed. This is clearly noticeable in his books of "suffering because of a woman", "Fatalist", "Diary of drunkard" and "honest person," where the author denies the vices of the modern society. And after the end of the war, it switches to anti-war stories. The collection "Fate" printed in 1906 brought him fame in his native country. Many thoughts of the author from this book continued to be quotes.
Death
In 1907, Kukanda fell ill, after examining the doctors, he was set a disappointing diagnosis - tuberculosis. The writer was treated in the sanatorium and even continued to write stories, but it would only briefly pushed the day of his departure from the world. Dopardo died in the summer of 1908, at 36 years old, the cause of death was the complications of the disease. A man is buried in Tokyo, at the Cemetery of Aoyama.Bibliography
- 1894 - "Letters of your beloved brother"
- 1896 - "Bonfire"
- 1896 - "Star"
- 1897 - "Uncle Geng"
- 1898 - "Unforgettable People"
- 1901 - "Meat and Potatoes"
- 1904 - "Spring Birds"
- 1906 - "Emergency"
- 1906 - "Fate
- 1907 - "Painty Death"
- 1907 - "Bamboo gate"