Takaaki Yoshimoto
Takaaki Yoshimoto | |
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吉本隆明 | |
Yoshimoto in 1960 | |
| Born | November 25, 1924 |
| Died | March 16, 2012 (aged 87) Bunkyō, Tokyo |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Ryūmei Yoshimoto |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, philosopher, literary critic |
| Years active | 1952–2012 |
Takaaki Yoshimoto (吉本 隆明, Yoshimoto Takaaki, 25 November 1924 – 16 March 2012), also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, was a Japanese poet, philosopher, and literary critic. As a philosopher, he is remembered as a founding figure in the emergence of the New Left in Japan, and as a critic, he was at the forefront of a movement to force writers to confront their responsibility as wartime collaborators.
Yoshimoto is the father of Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto and of cartoonist Yoiko Haruno.