*anese novelist and author (born 1933)

Seiichi Morimura (森村 誠一, Morimura Seiichi, born January 2, 1933) is a *anese novelist and author, born in *agaya. He is best known for the controversial The Devil's Gluttony (悪魔の飽食) (1981), which revealed the atrocities committed by Unit 731 of the Imperial *anese Army during the Sino-*anese War (1937–1945).

The Devil's Gluttony was serialized in the Akahata (*anese Communist Party's newspaper) in 1980, and subsequently published by Kobunsha (光文社), in two volumes in 1981 and 1982. In the ensuing controversy, half of a photograph was discovered to be a fabrication, and Kobunsha subsequently withdrew the book. A second edition was then published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1983 with the controversial photograph removed.

He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1969 for Death in the High-Rise.

His short story "Devil of a Boy" appears translated into English in Ellery Queen's *anese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in *an anthology, which was edited by Ellery Queen.

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• J'Lit | Authors:: Seiichi Morimura | Books from *an (in English)