Background
Kotaro Samukawa was born on the 1st of January, 1908 in Hokkaido, Japan.
光太郎 寒川
Kotaro Samukawa was born on the 1st of January, 1908 in Hokkaido, Japan.
Kotaro Samukawa left Hosei University without graduating.
Kotaro Samukawa was recognized as a unique writer basing most of his works on life in Hokkaido and Sakhalin. He was sent to the South Seas during the war as member of the Army Press Corps. He was a chief editor of Pokomoko Okoku (The Kingdom of Pokomoko).