Person

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Writing

Known for: Writing
Born: Jun 22, 1903
Died: Feb 14, 1967
From: Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

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.