Hideo Takubo

{{nihongo|Hideo Takubo|田久 保英夫|Takubo Hideo|extra=January 25, 1928 - April 14, 2001}} was a noted Japanese author. He studied French literature at Keio University, and won the 61st Akutagawa Prize in 1969 for Fukaikawa (Deep River),{{cite web|url=http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/akutagawa/list.html|language=japanese|title=芥川賞受賞者一覧|trans-title=Akutagawa Prize Recipient List|publisher=日本文学振興会|access-date=September 12, 2018}} the 37th Yomiuri Prize in 1985 for Kaizu,{{cite web|url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html|language=japanese|title=読売文学賞|trans-title=Yomiuri Prize for Literature|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=September 12, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404094519/https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html|url-status=dead}} and the 50th Noma Literary Prize in 1997 for Kodamashu.{{cite web|url=http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/noma_b/51091.html|language=japanese|title=過去の受賞作品|trans-title=Noma Literary Prize Past Winning Work|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=September 12, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622083725/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/noma_b/51091.html|url-status=dead}}