Shūsaku Endō

1923–1996

2 standalone books

Shūsaku Endō (1923–1996) was a Japanese author who wrote from the perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Internationally, he is known for his 1966 historical fiction novel Silence, adapted into a 2016 film by Scorsese. He received several prestigious literary honors, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Order of Culture, and was inducted into the Roman Catholic Order of St. Sylvester by Pope Paul VI.

Born

1923