Kunio Ogawa

Kunio Ogawa (小川 国夫) was a Japanese novelist born in Fujieda, Shizuoka.

Ogawa was a graduate of the Japanese literature department at Tokyo University. In 1957, Ogawa wrote a book titled Aporon no shima (Isles of Apollo) after taking a trip to the Mediterranean. It was praised by the novelist Toshio Shimao, launching Ogawa's career as a writer. His style is insightful to nature and mankind, and it is noted to be clear yet dense.

He died on April 8, 2008, aged 80, in Shizuoka Prefecture.