Genzaburou Yoshino

Journalist. Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1925 (Taisho 14). He lectured at Meiji University, but was recommended by Yamamoto Yuzo to become editor-in-chief of Shinchosha's "Nihon Shokokumin Bunko." He later joined Iwanami Shoten (1937). His work "Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka" (How Do You Live?), which he wrote that year, was highly praised. After Japan was defeated in the war, in 1946 (Showa 21), he launched the general magazine "Sekai" and became its first editor-in-chief, continuing to adopt a progressive editorial policy. Japan was forced to choose between a separate peace or a complete peace, and "Sekai" organized the Peace Issues Discussion Group, centered around Abe Yoshishige and Ouchi Hyoe, and became a platform for publishing arguments for a complete peace. In 1965, he resigned as editor-in-chief and became an editorial advisor for Iwanami Shoten.

[Yoshiaki Kiyota]

"Junior Edition of the Complete Works of Genzaburou Yoshino, 3 volumes (1967, Poplar Publishing)" ▽ "How Do You Live?" (Iwanami Bunko)

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ジャーナリスト。東京生まれ。1925年（大正14）東京帝国大学卒業。明治大学講師を務めるが、山本有三の薦めで新潮社の『日本少国民文庫』の編集主任となる。のち岩波書店に入社（1937）。この年に書いた『君たちはどう生きるか』が評価を得る。敗戦後の1946年（昭和21）に総合雑誌『世界』を創刊、初代編集長になり、進歩主義の立場にたった編集方針をとり続けた。そうしたなかで日本が単独講和か全面講和かの選択を迫られる状況にたたされるが、『世界』は安倍能成(あべよししげ)、大内兵衛(ひょうえ)らを中心に平和問題懇話会を組織して全面講和論の発表舞台となった。1965年編集長を辞任、岩波書店編集顧問となる。

［清田義昭］

『『ジュニア版吉野源三郎全集』全3巻（1967・ポプラ社）』▽『『君たちはどう生きるか』（岩波文庫）』

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