Riichi Yokomitsu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Riichi Yokomitsu

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1898

Place of Birth: Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1947

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Riichi Yokomitsu (?? ??, Yokomitsu Riichi, 17 March 1898 – 30 December 1947) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.Yokomitsu began publishing in dojinshi such as Machi ("Street") and To ("Tower") after entering Waseda University in 1916.
In 1923, he published Nichirin ("The Sun"), Hae ("A Fly") and more in the magazine Bungeishunju, which made his name popular.
The following year he started the magazine Bungei-Jidai with Yasunari Kawabata and others.
Yokomitsu and others involved in Bungei-Jidai were known collectively as the Shinkankakuha, or the New Sensation School, with a particular interest in sensation and scientific objectivity.