Dalian of Acasia Flowers

Dalian of Acasia Flowers (in Japanese: アカシヤの大連, literally "Dairen of Acasia") is a novel written by Japanese author Takayuki Kiyooka. It is about a youth and his life in Dalian, China, when it was Japan's leased territory.[1]

Written in 1965, it won an Akutagawa Prize in 1969.[2] Kiyooka wrote this story against a Dalian background, when his first wife, whom he had married in Dalian, died. He also wrote many other stories about Dalian.

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  1. ^ "【満州文化物語（８）】芥川賞作家・清岡卓行と、自死した後輩 戦争で失われた「故郷」への強い想いとは… （1/4ページ）". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. ^ "清岡卓行（きよおか たかゆき）-芥川賞受賞作家｜芥川賞のすべて・のようなもの". prizesworld.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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