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Yumeno Kyūsaku
Japanese writer (1889–1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Yumeno, Sugiyama.
Yumeno Kyūsaku (夢野 久作, 4 January 1889 – 11 March 1936) was the pen name of Sugiyama Yasumichi (杉山 泰道), an early Shōwa period Japanese author, Zen priest, post office director and sub-lieutenant. The pen name roughly means "a person who always dreams". His Dharma name was Goshin-in Gin'en Taidō-koji (悟真院吟園泰道居士). He wrote detective novels and is known for his avant-gardism and his surrealistic, wildly imaginative and fantastic,[1] even bizarre narratives. His eldest son, Sugiyama Tatsumaru, was known as the Green Father of India for spending billions of yen on reforestation.
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Native name | 夢野 久作 |
Born | Sugiyama Naoki (杉山 直樹) (1889-01-04)4 January 1889 Fukuoka, Japan |
Died | 11 March 1936(1936-03-11) (aged 47) Tokyo, Japan |
Pen name | Kaijaku Ranpei Kagutsuchi Midori Kakumi Dontarō Unsui (雲水) Hōen (萠円) |
Occupation | Journalist, detective literature writer |
Genre | Detective stories, science fiction, horror |
Literary movement | Romanticism, surrealism |
Notable works | Dogra Magra [ru; zh; ja] |
Relatives | Sugiyama Shigemaru (father) Sugiyama Tatsumaru (son) |
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