Junzaburō Nishiwaki
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About
Japanese poet and literary critic known for his surrealist poetry. He published Fukuiku Taru Kafu Yo, Japan's first surrealist poetry magazine. He also worked as a professor at Keiō University's Faculty of Letters.
Before Fame
He attended Keio University in Tokyo where he studied economics and various languages such as Latin, Greek, English, and German.
Trivia
He was awarded the Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 1957. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
Family Life
His father worked as a banker. He was married to Marjorie Biddle from 1924 to 1932. He married Saeko Kuwayama in 1932 and had a son by her.
Associated With
His influences included Charles Baudelaire, James Joyce, and Ezra Pound.
