Ken'ichi Yoshida (literary scholar)
Ken'ichi Yoshida | |
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Ken'ichi Yoshida in 1951 | |
| Native name | 吉田 健一 |
| Born | 1 April 1912 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 3 August 1977 (aged 65) Yokohama, Japan |
| Resting place | Kuboyama Reien, Yokohama |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Genre | Novels, English literature translations |
| Notable awards | Yomiuri Prize (1957 and 1971) Noma Literary Prize (1970) |
| Parents | Shigeru Yoshida (father) Yukiko Makino (mother) |
| Relatives | Tarō Asō (nephew) Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (niece) |
Ken'ichi Yoshida (吉田 健一, Yoshida Ken'ichi; 1 April 1912 – 3 August 1977) was a Japanese author and literary critic in Shōwa period Japan.