Naoki Sanjugo
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Naoki Sanjūgo
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| Born |
12 February 1891 Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Died | 24 February 1934 (aged 43) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | novels and literary criticism |
Sanjugo Naoki (直木 三十五? Naoki Sanjūgo) was the pen-name of a novelist in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Sōichi Uemura (植村 宗一? Uemura Sōichi).
Naoki Sanjūgo was born in what is now Chūō-ku, Osaka. The noted historian Uemura Seiji, specialist in East Asian history, was his brother. Against the wishes of his father, Naoki attended the preparatory schools of Waseda University to study English Literature but was forced to drop out of school on occasion due to his inability to pay the tuition. In 1920, he collaborated with Ton Satomi, Masao Kume, and Isamu Yoshii on the literary journal Ningen ("Human"). He returned to Osaka shortly after Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. At first, he attempted to work at a cosmetics company, but was soon drawn back to the literary world.
At the invitation of Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Naoki started working in Osaka as editor of the literary magazine Kuraku ("Joys and Sorrows"), contributed his own works of fiction as well, and soon began publishing novels. Although interested in the new trends toward the cinema, he experimented with movie script-writing but failed to interest any movie studios. In 1927, he moved back to Tokyo where opportunities looked more promising. He obtained a post at the literary magazine Bungeishunjū, where he developed a reputation for writing scathing literary criticism, mixed with scandalous gossip about the writer, which outraged many of his contemporaries.
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