Nobuo Kojima

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Nobuo Kojima (小島 信夫 Kojima Nobuo?) (b. February 28, 1915 - d. October 26, 2006) was a Japanese writer. He is most readily associated with other writers of his generation, such as Yasuoka Shōtarō, who describe the effects of Japan's defeat in World War II on the country's psyche.

From an early age, Kojima read a wide variety of literature, both Japanese and Western, and such writers as Nikolai Gogol, Franz Kafka, and Fyodor Dostoevsky had a strong influence on his work. Alongside his writing, he had a long career as a professor of English literature at Meiji University in Tokyo, writing translations and criticism of many major American writers. [1]

[edit] Awards

  • 1954 Akutagawa Prize - American School (Amerikan sukūru 「アメリカン・スクール」)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lawall, Sarah, and Maynard Mack, eds. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. 2nd ed. Vol. F. New York: Norton, 2002.


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