Teruo Yajima

was a

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writer. He was born and raised in

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, and studied

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. After dropping out of university, he worked as an editor of

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. As a disciple of

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, he wrote for Yoshimoto's magazine "Shikô (試行: Trial)". In the 1970s, his novel "Mô hitotsu no seikatsu (Another Life)" was nominated for The

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and Oe Kenzaburo had a big influence on his novels. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yajima, Teruo 1999 deaths 1939 births Japanese writers Waseda University alumni