Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō, January 25, 1900—October 7, 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.
Born at Daikancho 82, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University in 1920. On graduating, he took a position at Hirosaki Women's High School. Later, he became a teacher at Akita Women's High School. From 1929 to 1938 he taught at Yokote Junior H...
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Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō, January 25, 1900—October 7, 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.
Born at Daikancho 82, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University in 1920. On graduating, he took a position at Hirosaki Women's High School. Later, he became a teacher at Akita Women's High School. From 1929 to 1938 he taught at Yokote Junior High School.
In 1939, he moved to Tokyo, and in 1940, during World War II, he was a news correspondent in the Philippines.
One of his granddaughters was Tomi Pierce (1953-2010), a writer and later producer of video games including Prince of Persia and The Last Express (admired for its story-telling), with Jordan Mechner; she also worked with her husband Doug Carlston, founder of Brøderbund. Another granddaughter, Tomi's sister Naomi Pierce, is a world authority on butterflies and a professor at Harvard.
His novel Blue Mountain Range (青い山脈 Aoi...
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