Yoshihiro Tatsumi

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Yoshihiro Tatsumi 辰巳 ヨシヒロ
Tatsumi in 2010
Born	(1935-06-10)June 10, 1935 Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan
Died	March 7, 2015(2015-03-07) (aged 79) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
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
Awards	Japan 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.