Japanese literature and theater

HAYAMA YOSHIKI

(1894–1945)
Hayama Yoshiki was an author associated with the proletarian literature movement. His bestknown work is Umi ni ikuru hitobito (Men Who Live on the Sea, 1933), a novel about labor conditions on workboats. Hayama spent time in prison for his involvement with the labor movement, but became a nationalist during World War II. See also MARXISM.