Takami Jun

Takami Jun ( Japanese 高見 順 , actually: Takama Yoshio ( 高 間 芳 雄 ); born January 30, 1907 in Fukui Prefecture ; † August 17, 1965 ) was a Japanese writer.

While studying at Tokyo University , Takami joined a left-wing student group and published in their literary magazine Sayoku Geijutsu ( 左翼 芸 術 ). After graduating, he worked for Columbia Records and worked as a proletarian writer . Under the Peacekeeping Act , he was arrested on suspicion of being a member of the Communist Party and forced to distance himself from leftist ideology.

He presented these experiences in the story Kokyū Wasure Ubeki , which was nominated for the first Akutagawa Prize in 1935 . With Ikanaru Hoshi no Moto ni he established himself as a respected storyteller in Japan. After the war, he mainly published poetry, including the volume of poetry Jumoku-ha . Moreover appeared Jun Takami Nikki his diary of the war and postwar period. In the last years of his life he worked on a series of novels about the Shōwa period , which he could no longer complete.

Works

• Kokyū Wasure Ubeki ( 故旧 忘 れ 得 べ き ), narrative
• Ikanaru Hoshi no Moto ni ( 如何 な る 星 の 下 に ), narrative
• Jumoku-ha ( 樹木 派 ), poems
• Takami Jun Nikki ( 高見 順 日記 ), diary
• Gekiryū ( 激流 ), novel
• Iya na Kanji ( い や な 感 じ ), Roman
• Ōinaru Te no Kage ( 大 い な る 手 の 影 ), Roman

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Takami is the family name, Jun is the first name.