Yoshinori Yagi

Yoshinori Yagi
Yoshinori Yagi
	Yoshinori Yagi
Born	October 21, 1911; Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan
Died	November 9, 1999 (aged 88)
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Waseda University
Notable works	Ryūkanbu; Kazamatsuri
Notable awards	1944 Akutagawa Prize for Ryūkanbu; 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri

Yoshinori Yagi (八木やぎ義徳よしのり, 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 劉りゅう廣ひろ福ぶく 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 (景けい雲くも院いん随ずい心こころ義徳よしのり居士こじ).

References

^ 芥川賞あくたがわしょう受賞じゅしょう者しゃ一覧いちらん (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
^ "読売よみうり文学ぶんがく賞しょう" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

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Hokkaido Guide: Places to Visit

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[1] 芥川賞あくたがわしょう受賞じゅしょう者しゃ一覧いちらん (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. Retrieved 2010-01-27.

[2] "読売よみうり文学ぶんがく賞しょう" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

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Yoshinori Yagi
Yoshinori Yagi
Born	(1911-10-21)October 21, 1911 Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan
Died	November 9, 1999(1999-11-09) (aged 88)
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Waseda University
Notable works	Ryūkanbu Kazamatsuri
Notable awards	1944 Akutagawa Prize for Ryūkanbu 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri

Yoshinori Yagi

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