Masaaki Tachihara

Tachihara Masaaki
Native name
立原 正秋
BornKim Yun-kyu (김윤규)
(1926-01-06)6 January 1926
Andong city, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, Korea
Died12 August 1980(1980-08-12) (aged 54)
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Resting placeZuisen-ji, Kamakura, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Genrenovelist, poet, critic

Tachihara Masaaki (立原 正秋, 6 January 1926 12 August 1980) was the pen-name of a Japanese novelist, essayist, poet and literary critic of Korean descent, active during the Shōwa period.