Hōjō Tamio

Hōjō Tamio ( Japanese 北 条 民 雄 ; * September 22, 1914 - December 5, 1937 ) was a Japanese writer.

Hōjō became infected with leprosy at the age of 20 . Encouraged by Kawabata Yasunari , he wrote the novel Maki rōjin (The Old Man Maki), which appeared in 1935, about his experiences in leprosy hospitals . The novels Inochi no shoya (The first day of life) and Raiin jutsai (Pregnant in the leper colony) followed until his untimely death .

literature

• Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 342 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Hōjō is the family name, Tamio the first name.