Teruo Takei | |
|---|---|
| 武井 昭夫 | |
 Teruo Takei speaking to student activists, May 1949 | |
| Born | January 29 1927 |
| Died | September 2, 2010 |
| Occupation | Literary critic |
| Known for | First chairman of Zengakuren |
| Notable work | Sō to shite no gakusei undō ("The Student Movement as a Social Stratum") Bungakusha no sengo sekinin ("The War Responsibility of Literary Figures") |
Teruo Takei (武井 昭夫, Takei Teruo, January 29 1927 – September 2, 2010) was a Japanese literary critic. While a student at the University of Tokyo, he played a central role in the founding of the nationwide student federation Zengakuren, and served as its first chairman. As a literary critic, he was at the forefront of a movement to demand that writers confront their own culpability in wartime collaboration.