Meisei Goto

Meisei Gotō (後藤 明生 Gotō Meisei, April 4, 1932 – August 2, 1999), also known as Akio Gotō, was a Japanese author.

Biography

Goto was born in North Korea, but fled with his family to Kyūshū, Japan while in junior high school. He studied Russian literature at Waseda University, with particular interest in Nikolai Gogol. He then worked at an advertising agency and a publishing house, before becoming a professional novelist in 1968.

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Selected works

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