Seishi Yokomizo

Seishi Yokomizo was born in Kobe, Japan, in 1902 and passed away in Tokyo in December 1981, at the age of 79. After studying pharmacology, he published detective stories in magazines, which quickly gained recognition and awards. Following World War II, he modernized his style, and his books achieved real triumph after 1970. Yokomizo, often referred to as the Japanese Simenon, became the most widely read author of detective novels in his country, with his forty books selling over 10 million copies.