Hiroshi Noma

Hiroshi Noma
Hiroshi Noma in 1948
Hiroshi Noma in 1948
Native name
野間 宏
Born(1915-02-23)February 23, 1915
Kōbe, Japan
DiedJanuary 2, 1991(1991-01-02) (aged 75)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKyoto 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]

  1. ^ "野間宏 (Noma Hiroshi)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Slaymaker 2004, p. 71.