Birth Date: | 21 October 1911 |
Birth Place: | Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
Notableworks: | Ryūkanbu Kazamatsuri |
Awards: | 1944 Akutagawa Prize for Ryūkanbu 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri |
was a noted Japanese author.
Yagi was born in Muroran, Hokkaidō, and graduated from Waseda University in 1938 with a degree in French literature. In 1944 he became employed in the chemical industry in Manchuria. As a writer, he was a devotee of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Takeo Arishima, and received the 1944 Akutagawa Prize for 劉廣福 Ryūkanbu[1] and the 1976 Yomiuri Prize for Kazamatsuri.[2] Some of his materials are now exhibited in Muroran's Literature Museum.
His Dharma name was Keiunin Zuishin Gitoku Koji (景雲院随心義徳居士).