Yamaguchi Hitomi
Yamaguchi Hitomi (Japanese山口 瞳; born November 3, 1923 in Tokyo, † August 30, 1995 ) was a Japanese writer.
Life
Yamaguchi studied at the Kokugakuin University and was an employee of the publisher Kawade Shobo after graduation. After the bankruptcy of the company, he wrote for a wine magazine the beverage manufacturer Kotobukiya, for the writer Kaiko Ken worked. From 1945 to 1948 he lived in Kamakura. Here he met, among others the philosopher Saegusa Hiroto and the writer Yoshino Hideo and Takami June know.
From 1954 he published literary criticism in the magazine Gendai Hyoron. 1961-1962 appeared in the women's magazine Fujin Gaho (妇人 画报) his novel Eburimanshi no yuga na seikatsu (江分 利満 氏 の 優雅 な 生活), for which he received the 1963 Naoki Prize and was made into a film. Other successful novels were ningen Majime, Izakaya Choji, Ketsu zoku and Kazoku. From 1963 until his death appeared for 31 years in the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho (周刊 新潮) under the title Dansei jishin (男性 自身) a series of 1614 humorous essays about the joys and sorrows of everyday life and the childhood of his own parents. In 1979 he was awarded for Ketsuzoku (血 族), which belonged to this series the Kikuchi Kan Prize. A detailed report he published on his meetings with Takami Jun.
Yamaguchi, who was suffering from diabetes and the disease had been overcome, devoted his life exclusively the evening Dansei jishin series. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and died suddenly in 1995 while he was preparing to move into a hospice.