Yoshinori Yagi

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Yoshinori Yagi
Yoshinori Yagi
Yoshinori Yagi
Born(1911-10-21)October 21, 1911
Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan
DiedNovember 9, 1999(1999-11-09) (aged 88)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Notable worksRyūkanbu
Kazamatsuri
Notable awards1944 Akutagawa Prize for Ryūkanbu
1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri

Yoshinori Yagi (八木 義徳, Yagi Yoshinori, October 21, 1911 – November 9, 1999) was a noted Japanese author.

Yagi was born in Muroran, Hokkaidō, and graduated from Waseda University in 1938 with a degree in French literature. In 1944 he became employed in the chemical industry in Manchuria. As a writer, he was a devotee of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Takeo Arishima, and received the 1944 Akutagawa Prize for 劉廣福 Ryūkanbu[1] and the 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri.[2] Some of his materials are now exhibited in Muroran's Literature Museum.

His Dharma name was Keiunin Zuishin Gitoku Koji (景雲院随心義徳居士).

References[edit]

  1. ^ 芥川賞受賞者一覧 (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  2. ^ "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

Further reading[edit]

  • Japanese Wikipedia article
  • Who's who among Japanese writers, Nihon Yunesuko Kokunai, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan P.E.N. Club, 1957.

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