was a Japanese writer prominent in the postwar era. He is most readily associated with other writers of his generation, such as

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, 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

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, and

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had a strong influence on his work. In addition to his fiction, he had a long career as a professor of English literature at Meiji University in Tokyo, publishing criticism and making translations of many major American writers, including

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

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1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

Akutagawa Prize The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes. History Th ...

– ''American School (Amerikan sukūru 「アメリカン・スクール」)'' *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

Tanizaki Prize The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 ''Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō''), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō K� ...

– ''Embracing Family (Hōyō kazoku, 「抱擁家族」)''

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at J'Lit Books from Japan

at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) 1915 births 2006 deaths Japanese writers People from Gifu Akutagawa Prize winners 20th-century Japanese novelists {{japan-writer-stub

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