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

• Noma Hiroshi (野間宏)
• Shiina Rinzo (椎名麟三)
• Umezaki Haruo (梅崎春生)
• Takeda Taijun (武田泰淳)
• Nakamura Shin’ichirō (中村真一郎)

See also

• Japanese literature
• The Second Generation of Postwar Writers
• The Third Generation of Postwar Writers