Artist · Japan
Keiji Nakazawa (中沢 啓治, Nakazawa Keiji; March 14, 1939, December 19, 2012) was a Japanese manga artist and writer. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical series Barefoot Gen, a landmark work depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath. A hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) himself, Nakazawa was in Hiroshima during the bombing in August 1945 and lost most of his family.
Biodata
- Born
- 1939, Hiroshima
- Died
- 2012, Hiroshima
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Active
- 1973
- Work
- mangaka, writer, visual artist
Keiji Nakazawa, in numbers
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