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Writer
Male
June 6 1912
Age67
Kamisuwa (Currently Suwa), Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
藤原寛人
Jirou Nitta
新田次郎
About
His uncle was the famed meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara and his son is mathematician Masahiko Fujiwara. After retiring from the Japan Meteorological Agency, he began writing professionally. Originally a meteorologist, he wrote mainly on themes connected with mountains.