Shimizu Motoyoshi

nihongo|Motoyoshi Shimizu|清水基吉|Shimizu Motoyoshi|born 1918 is a Japanese novelist and poet, active in Showa and Heisei period Japan.

Biography

Shimizu was born in Tokyo, and attended the "Seisoku Eigo Gakko" in Kanda. His first work, "Tsuru" ("Crane") published in 1941 caught the attention of noted poet Ishida Hakyo, who took him on as a student. He later studied fiction writing under noted author Yokomitsu Riichi. In 1944, his novel "Karitachi" ("Wild Geese") was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.

His output was prolific in the post-war years, and he also turned towards literary criticism, particularly on poetry. From 1991 to 2004 he was director of the Kamakura Museum of Literature, which he had helped create.