Shimao Toshio Chronological History／南相馬市公式ウェブサイト -Minamisoma City-

Year	Shimao Toshio Chronological History	World Event
1917	Born as eldest son to father Shinzo and mother Toshi.	Russian Revolution.
1923	Family had been in Odaka to visit Toshio, who was recovering from an illness, at the time of the disaster. They were able to evacuate the hardships the earthquake brought.	Great Kanto earthquake of 1923.
1929	Transferred to Kobe Primary School.
1930	Entered Hyogo Prefectural 1st Kobe Commercial School.
1936	Entered Nagasaki Commercial College.
1938	Published “おキイの貞操とマコ” (Okii no Teisou to Mako), but was penalized with a sales ban. Interrogated in the Nagasaki police station special interrogation room.
1939	Graduated from Nagasaki Commercial College. Selected for honorable mention in the magazine “Scientific Knowledge” novel prize competition for his work entitled “お紀枝” (Okishi). Launched “こおろ” (Kooro), later named “こをろ” (Ko wo Ro).	Start of WWII.
1940	Entered Kyushu Imperial University, Faculty of Law and Literature, Economics Department.
1941	Withdrew from the Economics Department. Reenrolled at the same school in the Liberal Arts Department, majoring in Asian history.	Start of conflict between Japan and the US.
1943	Graduated early from university, applied to be student in navy reserve. Recruited into the general military department. Entered the Lushun navy reserve student education division. Self-published 70 copies of “Account of Young Years” (幼年記, Younenki).	Student soldier mobilization.
1944	Appointed commanding officer of the 18th Shinyo unit, a naval suicide attack squadron. Relocated to the Nominoura military base in Kakeromajima, Amami, Kagoshima. Met Ohira Miho.
1945	Received orders to attack, but the war ended while he was still on stand-by.	Japan surrender.
1946	Married Ohira Miho.
1948	Participated as the second writer of “Modern Literature” (近代文学, Kindai Bungaku). Eldest son Shinzo born.
1950	Received the first Postwar Literature Prize for “A Tale of Leaving a Lonely Island” (出孤島記, Shutsukotou Ki). Eldest daughter Maya born.	Start of Korean War.
1956	Became part-time lecturer at Kagoshima Prefectural Oshima High School and Kagoshima Prefectural Oshima Technical High School. Received Catholic baptism at Seishin Church in Naze City (now Amami City).	Hungarian Revolution.
1958	Kagoshima Prefectural Library Amami Annex opened, took up post as its first superintendent.
1960	Published “The Sting of Death” (死の棘, Shi no Toge).Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan.	Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan.
1961	Received the 1960 11th Minister of Education Award for Art (Literature Division).
1964	Published “The Departure Finally Never Came” (出発は遂に訪れず, Shuppatsu wa Tsuini Otozurezu).	Tokyo Olympics.
1965	Published “The Shortening of the Days” (日のちぢまり, Hi no Chijimari).	Bombing of North Vietnam.
1970	Travelled around the Soviet Union and East Germany from fall to winter.
1972	Published “Silhouette through Frosted Glass (硝子障子のシルエット, Garasu Shouji no Shiruetto). Received the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award.
1975	Published “Chasing the Shadows of Dreams” (夢のかげを求めて, Yume no Kage wo Motomete).	End of Vietnam War.
1976	Published “鬼剥げ”, (Onihage).	Lockheed bribery scandals.
1977	Awarded Tanizaki Junichiro Prize for “The Passing Days” (日の移ろい, Hi no Utsuroi).
1978	Awarded Yomiuri Literary Prize and Japanese Literature Grand Prize for “The Sting of Death.”	Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People’s Republic of China.
1981	Awarded Japanese Academy of Arts Prize. Became member of the academy.
1983	Received Kawabata Yasunari Award for “The Cove in the Bay” (湾内の入り江, Wannai no Irie).
1985	Published “The Dregs of Dreams” (夢屑, Yume Kuzu), and “Student on the Torpedo Boat” (魚雷艇学生, Gyoraitei Gakusei). Awarded Noma Literary Prize.
1986	Passed away due to a hemorrhagic stroke, age 69.	Chernobyl nuclear disaster.