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Japanese literature
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used for writers who appeared on the
postwar literary scene between 1948 and 1949.
Exceptional in this generation of postwar writers are
Mishima Yukio and
Abe Kōbō, both of whom have received acclaim in
Japan
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and abroad. At times, their reputation abroad has surpassed that of their reputation in Japan.
List of Second Generation writers
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Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫)
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Abe Kōbō (安部公房)
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Ōoka Shōhei (大岡昇平)
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Shimao Toshio (島尾敏雄)
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(堀田善衛)
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Inoue Mitsuharu
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(井上光晴)
See also
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Japanese literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanes ...
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The First Generation of Postwar Writers The First Generation of Postwar Writers is a classification in Modern Japanese literature used to group writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1946 and 1947.
List of First Generation writers
* Haniya Yutaka (埴谷雄高)
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The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
The Third Generation of Postwar Writers (第三の新人, daisan no shinjin) is a classification in Modern Japanese literature used to group writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1953 and 1955.
Shūsaku Endō, a member of th ...
Second Generation of Postwar Writers, The
Japanese literary movements
Postwar Japan
20th-century Japanese literature
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