About Riichi Yokomitsu
Lived 1898 – 1947 (aged 49). Riichi Yokomitsu was a Japanese novelist, writer and essayist.
was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.
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 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.
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Who was Riichi Yokomitsu?
Japanese writer (1898-1947)
When was Riichi Yokomitsu born?
Riichi Yokomitsu was born on 17 March 1898 in Aizuwakamatsu.
When did Riichi Yokomitsu die?
Riichi Yokomitsu died on 30 December 1947 in Tokyo.
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Riichi Yokomitsu was a novelist, writer and essayist.
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Riichi Yokomitsu was Japanese.
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