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Takaaki Yoshimoto
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Takaaki Yoshimoto (吉本 隆明, Yoshimoto Takaaki, 25 November 1924 – 16 March 2012), also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, was a Japanese poet, philosopher, and literary critic. As a philosopher, he is remembered as a founding figure in the emergence of the New Left in Japan, and as a critic, he was at the forefront of a movement to force writers to confront their responsibility as wartime collaborators.
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Takaaki Yoshimoto | |
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吉本隆明 | |
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Born | (1924-11-25)November 25, 1924 |
Died | March 16, 2012(2012-03-16) (aged 87) Bunkyō, Tokyo |
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Ryūmei Yoshimoto |
Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Occupation(s) | Poet, philosopher, literary critic |
Years active | 1952 – 2012 |
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Yoshimoto is the father of Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto and of cartoonist Yoiko Haruno.[1]