About Teruo Yajima
Lived 1939 – 1999 (aged 59–60). Teruo Yajima was a Japanese writer and novelist.
was a Japanese writer.
He was born and raised in Tokyo, and studied French literature at Waseda University. After dropping out of university, he worked as an editor of Weekly Manga Action. As a disciple of Takaaki Yoshimoto, he wrote for Yoshimoto's magazine "Shikô (試行: Trial)". In the 1970s, his novel "Mô hitotsu no seikatsu (Another Life)" was nominated for The Akutagawa Prize. William Faulkner and Oe Kenzaburo had a big influence on his novels.
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Japanese writer (1939–1999)
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Teruo Yajima was born in 1939.
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Teruo Yajima died in 1999.
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Teruo Yajima was a writer and novelist.
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