Yojiro Ishizaka

Yojiro Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎; Ishizaka Yojiro), (July 25, 1900 in Daikancho 82, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture - October 7, 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.

Ishizaka the writer

His novel Aoi Sanmyaku (青い山脈, literally "Green Mountains", but also translated as "Blue Mountain Range") helped introduce the concept of the "New Japan" - a postwar culture that could look forward to a new future.

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While widely popular in Japan, to the point that some of his stories were made into multiple movies, only a small portion of his writings have been translated and published in English.

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