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Shūgorō Yamamoto

Known for Writing

Shūgorō Yamamoto
Born June 22, 1903
Died February 14, 1967
Place of Birth Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

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.