Junzo Shono

{{short description|Japanese novelist}}

{{Infobox writer

| name =Junzō Shōno

| image =庄野潤三.png

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|02|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Osaka, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|09|21|1921|02|09|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kawasaki, Japan

| occupation = Writer

| nationality = Japanese

| citizenship = Japanese

| period = 1953 - 2006

| genre = Fiction, novels

| awards = {{awd|Akutagawa Prize|1954}}{{awd|Yomiuri Prize|1965}}{{awd|Noma Literary Prize}}

}}

{{nihongo|Junzō Shōno|庄野 潤三|Shōno Junzō|extra=9 February 1921 – 21 September 2009}} was a Japanese novelist.*{{cite web|last=Kyodo News|date=September 23, 2009|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/23/national/obituary-junzo-shono/|title=Obituary: Junzo Shono|format=Newspaper article|work=Japan Times|access-date=July 23, 2023}} A native of Osaka, he began writing novels after World War II. He won the 1954 Akutagawa Prize for his book Purusaido Shokei (Poolside Scene). Shōno's other award-winning books include Seibutsu (Still Life), for which he won the Shinchosha literary prize, Yube no Kumo (Evening Clouds), which was awarded the 1965 Yomiuri Prize,{{cite web|url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html|language=ja|title=読売文学賞|trans-title=Yomiuri Prize for Literature|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=September 26, 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 Eawase (Picture Cards) which took the Noma literary prize.