List of First Generation writers

• Ōoka Shōhei
  Ooka Shohei
  was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and translator of French literature who was active during the Shōwa period of Japan. Ōoka belongs to the group of postwar writers whose World War II experiences at home and abroad figure prominently in their works...
  
   (大岡昇平)
• Noma Hiroshi
  Noma Hiroshi
  was a noted Japanese author.Noma was born in Kōbe to a devout Buddhist family, and took up literature in 1932 after meeting the poet Takeuchi Shizuo. In 1935 he enrolled at Kyoto University, where he studied French literature with a particular interest in French Symbolist poetry. He also became...
  
   (野間宏)
• Shiina Rinzo (椎名麟三)
• Umezaki Haruo (梅崎春生)
• Takeda Taijun
  Takeda Taijun
  was a Japanese novelist active as one of the first post-war generation writers, and a noted authority on Chinese literature.-Biography:Takeda was the second son of a Buddhist priest of the Pure Land Sect, and was raised in a temple...
  
   (武田泰淳)
• Nakamura Shin’ichirō
  Nakamura Shinichiro
  was a Japanese author.- Selected works :* Kinō to kyō no monogatari, 1948.* Ōchō no bungaku, 1957.* Shi no kage no moto ni, 1951.* Shi no kage no moto ni, Tokyo : Shinzenbi Sha, 1947.* Shisetsu Genji monogatari, date unknown....
  
   (中村真一郎)

See also

• Japanese literature
  Japanese literature
  Early works of Japanese literature were heavily influenced by cultural contact with China and Chinese literature, often written in Classical Chinese. Indian literature also had an influence through the diffusion of Buddhism in Japan...
  
  
• The Second Generation of Postwar Writers
  The Second Generation of Postwar Writers
  The is a classification in modern Japanese literature used for writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1948 and 1949.Exceptional in this generation of postwar writers is Mishima Yukio and Abe Kōbō, both of whom have received acclaim in Japan and abroad...
  
  
• The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
  The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
  The Third Generation of Postwar Writers is a classification in Modern Japanese literature used to group writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1953 and 1955....