Riichi Yokomitsu
Japanese writer
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Riichi Yokomitsu (横光 利一, Yokomitsu Riichi; 17 March 1898 – 30 December 1947) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.[1]
Born17 March 1898
Higashiyama Onsen, Fukushima, Japan
Died30 December 1947 (aged 49)
OccupationNovelist, short-story writer
AlmamaterWaseda University
Riichi Yokomitsu 横光 利一 | |
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 Riichi in 1928 | |
| Born | 17 March 1898 Higashiyama Onsen, Fukushima, Japan |
| Died | 30 December 1947 (aged 49) |
| Occupation | Novelist, short-story writer |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Genre | Fiction |
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Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi ("Street") and Tō ("Tower") after entering Waseda University in 1916. In 1923, he published Nichirin ("The Sun"), Hae ("A Fly") and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular. The following year he started the magazine Bungei-Jidai with Yasunari Kawabata and others. Yokomitsu and others involved in Bungei-Jidai were known collectively as the Shinkankakuha, or the New Sensation School, with a particular interest in sensation and scientific objectivity.[2]
