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Takaaki Yoshimoto

Japanese poet and philosopher

Takaaki Yoshimoto

Yoshimoto in 1960

Born(1924-11-25)November 25, 1924

Tsukishima, Tokyo

DiedMarch 16, 2012(2012-03-16) (aged 87)

Bunkyō, Tokyo

NationalityJapanese
Other namesRyūmei Yoshimoto
Alma materTokyo Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Poet, philosopher, literary critic
Years active1952–2012

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.

Yoshimoto is the father of Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto and of cartoonist Yoiko Haruno.[1]

Early life

Yoshimoto was born in 1924, in Tsukishi Takaaki Yoshimoto: Delving into the Mind of a Poet ...

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