Yojiro Ishizaka

Yojiro Ishizaka (石坂洋次郎), (25 January, 1900 - 7 October 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan. His novel Aoi Sanmyaku (青い山脈, literally "Green Mountains", but also translated as "Blue Mountain Range") helped introduce the concept of the "New Japan" - a postwar culture that could look forward to a new future.

While widely popular in Japan, to the point that some of his stories were made into multiple movies, only a small portion of his writings have been translated and published in English.

Writings

Wakai hito (1977) (novel)
Aitsu to watashi (1976) (novel)
Hi no ataru sakamichi (1975) (novel)
Dare no isu? (1968) (novel)
Hi no ataru sakamichi (1967) (novel)
Ishinaka sensei gyojoki (1966) (story)
Wakai musume ga ippai (1966) (story)
Izuko e (1966) (story)
Kawano hotoride (1962) (story)
Kiri no naka no shojo (1959)
Aruhi watashi wa (1959) (novel)
Suzukake no sanpomichi (1959) (novel)
Wakai musumetachi (1958) (story)
Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) (novel)
Nikui mono (1957) (story)
Kuchizuke, III: Onna doshi (1955) (story)
Wakai hito (1952) (novel)
Ishinaka sensei gyojoki (1950) (story)
Aoi sanmyaku (1949) (novel)
Doku-ganryu masamune (1942) (novel)
Wakai hito (1937) (novel)

External Links

IMDB listing for Yojiro Ishizaka http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411151/
Biography http://www.media-akita.or.jp/akita-pioneers/ishizaka1E.html
Yojiro Ishizaka Memorial Hall http://www.media-akita.or.jp/akita-pioneers/ishizaka3E.html