David Zoppetti (デビット・ゾペティ, Debitto Zopeti, born 26 February 1962) is a Swiss-born author, best known for his novel Ichigensan.
Writing exclusively in Japanese, Zoppetti is thus an exophonic writer,[1] considered part of the J-Literature movement.
[2] (J-Literature refers to Japanese literature of the 1990s, particularly novels on street life in urban Japan.
[7] This success led him to leave TV Asahi in 1998 and concentrate on his writing activities, although he continued to work in a number of side-ventures including the promotion of Swiss goods such as absinthe[8] and reflexology.
[9] Ichigensan "was a best-seller among young women readers [and went on to be] made into a hit film in 1999".