Background
Goto was born in North of Korea, but fled with his family to Kyūshū, Japan while in junior high school.
後藤 明生
Goto was born in North of Korea, but fled with his family to Kyūshū, Japan while in junior high school.
He studied Russian literature at Waseda University, with particular interest in Nikolai Gogol.
He then worked at an advertising agency and a publishing house, before becoming a professional novelist in 1968. 1977 Hirabayashi Taiko Award foreign