Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Yoshihiro Tatsumi
辰巳 ヨシヒロ
Tatsumi in 2010
Born(1935-06-10)June 10, 1935
Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan
DiedMarch 7, 2015(2015-03-07) (aged 79)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Publisher
Notable works
Children's Island
Black Blizzard
The Push Man and Other Stories
Abandon the Old in Tokyo
Good-Bye
A Drifting Life
Fallen Words
AwardsJapan Cartoonists Association Award (1972)
Inkpot Award (2006)
Harvey Award (2007)
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2009)
Eisner Award x2 (2010)
Regards sur le Monde Award (2012)

Yoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳 ヨシヒロ, Tatsumi Yoshihiro, June 10, 1935 – March 7, 2015) was a Japanese manga artist whose work was first published in his teens, and continued through the rest of his life. He is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative manga in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957. His work frequently illustrated the darker elements of life.