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Der japanische Comic-Autor und Zeichner Keiji Nakazawa (Barfuß durch Hiroshima) starb am letzten Mittwoch im Alter von 73 Jahren:
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25.12.2012

Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies at 73
Keiji Nakazawa (Mainichi)


HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, has died of lung cancer at a hospital in the city, people close to him said Tuesday. He was 73. Nakazawa, who died last Wednesday, based Barefoot Gen on his own life, telling the story of a boy who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

The popular antiwar story, which was serialized in the 1970s and 1980s, is based on his experience of the atomic bombing at the age of 6 while on his way to school about 1.2 kilometers from the epicenter of the explosion. He lost his father, elder sister and younger brother, and survived with his mother and older brother.

The story played a vital role in the education of Japanese youth, especially elementary and junior high schoolchildren, many of whom were introduced to the Hiroshima bombing and war through Nakazawa's work. It has also been translated in various languages including English, French, Korean, Thai, and Russian.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui expressed hope that the comic strips will continue to be "passed on to the next generation" and tell the horror of atomic bombing to many people in Japan and around the world.

After Japanese publisher Choubunsha Publishing Co. released it in 1975 in the form of comic books, they were placed at school libraries. Choubunsha said it has sold more than 10 million copies as of December.

Nakazawa had been battled lung cancer after his sickness was found in 2010. He stopped writing during his final years due to poor vision and an illness affecting his tendons.