Shūgorō Yamamoto

Shūgorō Yamamoto
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Born(1903-06-22)22 June 1903
Otsuki, Yamanashi, Japan
DiedFebruary 14, 1967(1967-02-14) (aged 63)
Yokohama, Japan
OccupationWriter
GenreNovels, short stories

Satomu Shimizu (清水 三十六, Shimizu Satomu; June 22, 1903 – February 14, 1967), better known by the pen name of Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本 周五郎, Yamamoto Shūgorō), was 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.