Yoshinori Yagi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yoshinori Yagi

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1911

Place of Birth: Muroran, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1999

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Yoshinori Yagi (?? ??, Yagi Yoshinori, October 21, 1911 – November 9, 1999) was a noted Japanese author. Yagi was born in Muroran, Hokkaido, and graduated from Waseda University in 1938 with a degree in French literature.
In 1944 he became employed in the chemical industry in Manchuria.
As a writer, he was a devotee of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Takeo Arishima, and received the 1944 Akutagawa Prize for ??? Ryukanbu and the 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri.
Some of his materials are now exhibited in Muroran's Literature Museum. His Dharma name was Keiunin Zuishin Gitoku Koji (?????????).