Yoshitaro Omori - Yoshitaro Omori

Marxist and critic. Born in Yokohama on September 26, 1898. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Tokyo Imperial University, he became an assistant professor there after serving as an assistant professor. He discussed Marxism with brilliant prose and became a star of the intellectual world at a young age. In 1926 (Taisho 15), he founded the magazine Taishu with Suzuki Mosaburo and others, criticizing the extreme left wing, and participated in the magazine Labor and Farmer, which was launched in 1927 (Showa 2). Due to his flamboyant left-wing statements and actions, he was forced to resign from the University of Tokyo immediately after the March 15 Incident in 1928. As a member of the Labor and Farmer faction, he continued his diverse critical activities ranging from politics and economics to thought, literature, and film criticism, but was arrested in 1937 in connection with the Popular Front Incident, and was released on bail in 1938 due to illness, but he died on July 28, 1940 (Showa 15). His books include "Historical Materialism" (1932) and "Materia Arismus Miritansu" (1934).

[Harunari Yamazaki]

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マルクス主義者、評論家。明治31年9月26日横浜市に生まれる。東京帝国大学経済学部を卒業、同学部助手を経て助教授。才気あふれる文章でマルクス主義を論じ、若くして論壇の花形となった。1926年（大正15）極左派批判の立場から鈴木茂三郎(もさぶろう)などと雑誌『大衆』を創刊、27年（昭和2）創刊の雑誌『労農』にも同人として参加した。その華やかな左翼的言動のため、28年の三・一五事件の直後に東大を辞職させられた。その後も労農派の一員として、政治、経済から思想、文学、映画批評にもわたる多彩な評論活動を続けたが、37年に人民戦線事件で検挙され、38年病気のため保釈となったが、病いえず40年（昭和15）7月28日に没した。著書に『史的唯物論』（1932）、『まてりありすむす・みりたんす』（1934）などがある。

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