Kazumi Takahashi

Kazumi Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋 和 巳 , Takahashi Kazumi ; born August 31, 1931 in Ōsaka ; † May 3, 1971 ) was a Japanese writer and sinologist.

Takahashi studied Sinology at the University of Kyoto from 1951 to 1959 . His specialty, on which he wrote several papers, was Chinese literature during the Six Dynasties . During this time he published the literary magazines Aruku and Taiwa with fellow students . In 1954 he married the writer Takako Okamoto . In 1958 his first novel Sutego monogatari ( 捨 子 物語 ) was published.

After graduating, Takahashi began teaching at Ritsumeikan University . In 1966 he became a professor of Chinese literature at Meiji University , and in 1967 at Kyoto University . In solidarity with revolting students, he stopped teaching at the beginning of 1970.

Takahashi established his reputation as a writer with the novels Hi no utsuwa ( 悲 の 器 ; "Vessel of Sadness", 1962) and Jashūmon ( 邪 宗 門 ; "Heretic Faith", 1965). In addition, he has written numerous short stories, novellas and essays on literary theory and criticism. In 1971 he died of colon cancer.

His essay Leiden der Literatur can be found in the volume Flowers in the Wind (Tübingen 1981).

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• Scott J. Miller: Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater . Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6319-4 , pp. 121 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Livia Monnet: The Melancholy Flagellant or the Responsibility of Literature: Takahashi Kazumi and his Project for a Revolution . In: Adriana Boscaro, Franco Gatti, Massimo Raveri (eds.): Rethinking Japan . Volume 1: Literature, Visual Arts and Linguistics. Psychology Press, 1991, ISBN 0-904404-78-1 , pp. 15–24 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• La Littérature Japonaise - Takahashi Kazumi