Hiroshi Noma | |
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Native name | 野間 宏 |
Born | Kōbe, Japan | February 23, 1915
Died | January 2, 1991 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 75)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Hiroshi Noma (野間宏, Noma Hiroshi, February 23, 1915 – January 2, 1991) was a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist.[1] According to literary scholar Doug Slaymaker, Noma is widely credited with having discovered or invented the style of writing called by the term "postwar literature" (sengo bungaku) in Japan.[2]