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葉山 嘉樹
明治27年(1894) – 昭和20(1945)年
福岡県生まれ。本名、嘉重(よししげ)。 早稲田大学高等予科文科中退。下級船員や事務員、セメント工場、新聞記者などに勤めながら労働運動に参加し、投獄される。獄中で自身の体験をもとにした小説の執筆に励み、大正14(1925)年に出獄後、『文芸戦線』に『淫売婦』、翌年『セメント樽の中の手紙』を発表。『改造社』より『海に生くる人々』を発表し、プロレタリア文学作家としての地位を確立する。『牢獄の半日』『濁流』など。
Yoshiki Hayama
1894 – 1945
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture. His real name was Yoshishige. He dropped out of the advanced preparatory course in the Faculty of Arts at Waseda University. While working as a jack-tar, office worker, at a cement factory, and as a newspaper reporter, he participated in labor movements and was imprisoned. During his time in prison, he focused on writing novels based on his own experiences. After his release in 1925, he published Imbaifu（”The Prostitute”） in Bungei Sensen（“Literary Front”）and the following year Semento-Daru no Naka no Tegami（”Letter in a cement barrel”）. He then published Umi ni Ikuru Hitobito（ “Those Who Live on the Sea”） from Kaizo-sha, establishing his position as a proletarian literature writer. His notable works include Rogoku no Hannichi（”Half a Day in Prison”）and Dakuryu （”Turbid Stream”）.