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Yokomitsu Riichi (横光 利一,17
March
1898 -
30 December
1947) was a
Japanese
writer.
Yokomitsu started coterie magazines such as "Machi" (Street) and "Tou"
(Tower) after entering an private school,
Waseda, in 1916. In 1923, he published "Nichirin" (the sun), "Hae" (a
fly) and more in the magazine, "Bungeishunjū", which made his name
popular. Next year, he started the magazine, "Bungei-Jidai" with
Yasunari Kawabata and others. Writers of this magazine is called as
"shin-kankaku-ha" (a group of new sense).
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