Kazuo Hirotsu

Kazuo Hirotsu
Native name
広津 和郎
Born(1891-12-05)5 December 1891
Tokyo, Japan
Died21 September 1968(1968-09-21) (aged 76)
Atami, Shizuoka, Japan
Resting placeYanaka Cemetery, Tokyo
OccupationNovelist, literary critic, translator
LanguageJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Genrenovels
Literary movementProletarian literature, I novel
Notable awardsNoma Literary Prize (1963)
Mainichi Literary Prize (1963)

Kazuo Hirotsu (広津 和郎, Hirotsu Kazuo, 5 December 1891 – 21 September 1968) was a Japanese novelist, literary critic and translator active in the Shōwa period.