Shūgorō Yamamoto

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1903-06-22

  • Day of Death

    1967-02-14 (63 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本 周五郎 Yamamoto Shūgorō, June 22, 1903 – February 14, 1967) was the pen name of Satomu Shimizu (清水 三十六 Shimizu Satomu), a Japanese novelist and short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at least fourteen different pen names.

Known For

Crew