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used for writers who appeared on the

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literary scene between 1948 and 1949. Exceptional in this generation of postwar writers are

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, both of whom have received acclaim in

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and abroad. At times, their reputation abroad has surpassed that of their reputation in Japan.

List of Second Generation writers

(三島由紀夫) *

(安部公房) * Ōoka Shōhei (大岡昇平) * Shimao Toshio (島尾敏雄) * Hotta Yoshie (堀田善衛) * Inoue Mitsuharu (井上光晴)

List of Second Generation writers

See also