his death. His short story, Suzuki Mondō, won the 11th Naoki Prize in 1951, and his novelette Boshizo, earlier serialized in the Mainichi Shimbun, gained him first place in a New York Herald Tribune short story contest in 1955. Hisao Jūran died of esophageal cancer in 1957 at the age of 55. His grave is at the Zaimokuza Reien Cemetery in Kamakura. See also Japanese literature List of Japanese authors List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea References Eguchi Yusuke. Hisao Juran. Hakusuiha (1994). (Japanese) External links e-texts of works at Aozora Bunko (Japanese site) 1902 births 1940s missing person cases 1957 deaths 20th-century Japanese short story writers 20th-century Japanese male writers 20th-century Japanese translators 20th-century Japanese dramatists and playwrights Deaths from esophageal cancer Deaths from cancer in Japan Imperial Japanese Navy personnel of World War II Japanese male short story writers Japanese mystery writers Missing in action of World War II Naoki Prize winners People from Hakodate Writers from Hokkaido