Fujimori Seikichi

Novelist and playwright. Born on August 28, 1892, in Kami-Suwa-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano Prefecture. Graduated from the German Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial University. In the summer of 1913, the year he graduated from First Higher School, he visited Oshima in Izu, and self-published "Waves" (later renamed "Worries of Youth") based on that experience, which was recognized by Suzuki Miekichi and others. After graduating from university, he became a lecturer at the Sixth Higher School for a time, but resigned after six months. In 1919 (Taisho 8), he published his first collection of creative writing, "A New Land," and many other collections of creative writing followed, showing his remarkable success. He gradually showed socialist tendencies, and in 1921 he experienced working life with his wife, publishing a record of this the following year, "To the Wolf!" After "Haritsuke Mozaemon" in 1926, he devoted himself to playwright, and his work "What Made Her Do It?" (1927) became a catchphrase. In 1930 (Showa 5), ​​he sneaked into the former Soviet Union and attended the World Congress of Writers in Kharkov. After returning to Japan in 1932, he was arrested, and although his writing activities were subsequently restricted, he wrote works such as "Watanabe Kazan" (1935). After the war, he published many works from a democratic stance. He died on May 26, 1977.

[Yasuyoshi Sekiguchi]

"Complete Collection of Modern Japanese Literature 77: Fujimori Narukichi and Other Works" (1957, Chikuma Shobo) " History of Proletarian Literature, Volumes 1 and 2, by Yamada Seizaburo (1954, Rironsha)"

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小説家、劇作家。明治25年8月28日、長野県諏訪(すわ)郡上諏訪町に生まれる。東京帝国大学独文科卒業。第一高等学校卒業の年（1913）の夏、伊豆の大島に遊び、それを素材とした『波』（のち『若き日の悩み』と改題）を自費出版し、鈴木三重吉(みえきち)らに認められた。大学卒業後、一時第六高等学校講師となったが半年で辞職。1919年（大正8）第一創作集『新しい地』を出版、以後、多くの創作集が刊行され、目覚ましい活躍ぶりが目だった。その後しだいに社会主義的傾向を示し、24年には妻とともに労働生活を体験、翌年その記録『狼(おおかみ)へ！』を発表した。26年の『磔茂左衛門(はりつけもざえもん)』以後劇作に専念、『何が彼女をさうさせたか』（1927）は流行語にもなった。30年（昭和5）旧ソ連に潜行、ハリコフの世界文学者会議に出席。32年帰国後検挙、以後、執筆活動に制限を受けながら『渡辺崋山(かざん)』（1935）などを執筆。戦後も民主的立場にたって数多くの著作を発表した。昭和52年5月26日没。

［関口安義］

『『現代日本文学全集77　藤森成吉他集』（1957・筑摩書房）』▽『山田清三郎著『プロレタリア文学史』上下（1954・理論社）』

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