Shozo Yoshigami

Japanese translator
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IntroJapanese translator
PlacesJapan
wasTranslator
Gender
Male
BirthFebruary 1928, Ōsaka, Japan
Death1996 (aged 67 years)
Education
Waseda University
The details

Biography

Shozo Yoshigami (吉上 昭三, Yoshigami Shōzō, February 27, 1928 – January 28, 1996) was a Japanese translator of Polish literature, and a professor at the University of Tokyo.

Work

Shozo translated, into the Japanese language, classical and contemporary works by Polish writers, including Henryk Sienkiewicz, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jerzy Broszkiewicz and Stanisław Lem.

Yoshigami was also author of:

  • Porando-gono nyumon (Introduction to Polish language), with Kimura Shoichi; and
  • Hyojun porando kaiwa (Polish phrasebook), with Henryk Lipszyc.
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