＃加藤　周一　著 ＃日本その心とかたち ｶﾄｳｼﾕｳｲﾁ :9784198620189

**「知的自由を守り、世界と人類を明るくする」というmissionを持つ評論家・小説家**

加藤周一（1919年 - 2008年）は、日本の評論家、小説家。医学博士であり、内科学と血液学が専門だった。上智大学教授やイェール大学講師を務め、哲学者の鶴見俊輔や作家の大江健三郎らと結成した「九条の会」の呼びかけ人でもあった。

加藤は学生時代から文学に興味を持っており、中村真一郎や福永武彦と共に「マチネ・ポエティク」を結成。詩を発表し、「さくら横ちょう」が有名になった。その後、新定型詩運動にも参加した。

日本の敗戦直後に広島で原爆の被害を実際に見聞し、日米原子爆弾影響合同調査団の一員として被爆の実態調査に従事。1946年には最初の結婚をした。

1951年にフランス政府給費留学生となり、パリ大学で血液学研究を行いながら、日本の雑誌や新聞に文明批評や文芸評論を発表した。その後、帰国し「日本文化の雑種性」という評論を発表し、「雑種文化」なる著書を刊行。1958年に医業を廃し、以後評論家として独立した。

加藤はレジスタンス文学に関心を持つ一方で、ポール・ヴァレリーについて「その詩人の運命が地上の一帝国の運命よりも重大に思われた」と述べている。また、「世界大百科事典」の編纂にも携わり、その項目を執筆した。

カトリックの洗礼を受けた加藤は、2008年12月5日に多臓器不全で亡くなりました。彼の生涯は知的自由を守り、世界と人類を明るくするというmissionを持ったものであり、その姿勢は今も続いています。

Q：何をされた方ですか？

日本文化に問題提起し、「雑種文化」なる著書を刊行したこと

Q：有名な作品は何ですか？

「読書術」という小説が有名です。彼の著作は、日本文学史の序説としても知られており、各国語に翻訳されました。また、「世界大百科事典」の編纂にも携わっています。

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English Summary

**A critic and novelist whose mission is to “protect intellectual freedom and brighten the world and humanity”**

Shuichi Kato (1919-2008) was a Japanese critic and novelist. He was a doctor of medicine and specialized in internal medicine and hematology. He served as a professor at Sophia University and a lecturer at Yale University, and was the promoter of the ``Kujo no Kai,'' which he formed with philosopher Shunsuke Tsurumi and writer Kenzaburo Oe.

Kato has been interested in literature since his student days, and formed Matinee Poetic with Shinichiro Nakamura and Takehiko Fukunaga. He published a poem and ``Sakura Yokocho'' became famous. Later, he also participated in the New Type Poetry Movement.

Immediately after Japan's defeat in the war, he first saw and heard the damage caused by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, and was involved in investigating the actual situation of the atomic bomb damage as a member of the Japan-U.S. Joint Investigation Team on the Effects of the Atomic Bomb. He got married for the first time in 1946.

In 1951, he became a French government-sponsored student, and while conducting hematology research at the University of Paris, published civilizational and literary criticism in Japanese magazines and newspapers. Afterwards, he returned to Japan and published a review titled ``The Hybrid Nature of Japanese Culture,'' and published a book called ``Mongrel Culture.'' He retired from medical practice in 1958 and became independent as a critic.

While Kato was interested in resistance literature, he said of Paul Valéry, ``The fate of that poet seemed more important than the fate of an empire on earth.'' He was also involved in the compilation of the ``World Encyclopedia'' and wrote the entries for it.

Kato, who was baptized as a Catholic, died on December 5, 2008 from multiple organ failure. His life was and continues to be one of a mission to protect intellectual freedom and brighten the world and humanity.

Q: What did you do?

Raising issues about Japanese culture and publishing a book called "Mongrel Culture"

Q: What are your famous works?

The novel ``The Art of Reading'' is famous. His work is also known as an introduction to the history of Japanese literature and has been translated into many languages. He is also involved in compiling the World Encyclopedia.

Wikipedia：加藤周一