Shūgorō Yamamoto
Birth date
June 22, 1903
Death date
February 14, 1967
Place of birth
Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Profession
Writing
Age
63 years
Biography
Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本 周五郎 Yamamoto Shūgorō, June 22, 1903 – February 14, 1967) was the pen name of Satomu Shimizu (清水 三十六 Shimizu Satomu), a Japanese novelist and short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at least fourteen different pen names.
