井上靖是日本当代文坛上素负盛名的老作家,历任日本文艺家协会理事长,日本艺术院会员,1976年获日本政府颁发的文化勋章。井上于1907年出生在日本北海道旭川的一个军医家庭,从中学起就 Inoue Jing is a well-known writer on the contemporary literary world in Japan. He served successively as the chairman of the Japan Association of Literary and Art Artists and a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1976, he was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Japanese government. Inoue was born in 1907 in a military family in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, from high school