Modern Japanese Fiction (1868-present) Note that Japanese names are in Japanese order: family name + given name.
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Abe Kobo (1924-1993) Abe is best known for The Woman in the Dunes (1962). Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) Born in Tokyo, Akutagawa studied literature at Tokyo Imperial University. His psychological novel Rashomon later became a film directed by Kurosawa. Akutagawa committed suicide at age 35. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) Dazai Osamu, the pseudonym of Tsushima Shuji, was one of Japan's leading post-WW II novelists. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Endo Shusaku (1923-1996) Endo is a Christian author. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Atoda Takashi (1935- ) One of Japan's most famous short-story writers. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909) Best remembered for Ukigumo (The Drifting Cloud, 1887), Japan's first serious novel written in colloquial Japanese. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993) His novel Black Rain (Kuroi Ame, 1965) examines the effects of WW II on the inhabitants of Hiroshima. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Inoue Yasushi (1907-1991) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Ishiguro Kazuo (1954- ) British novelist. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) Kawabata, a novelist and short-story writer, became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Kita Morio (1927- ) Trained in psychiatry at Tohoku University, Kita practiced at Keio University Hospital before becoming a writer. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Kitahara Hakushu (1885-1942) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Kizaki Satoko (1939- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Kunikida Doppo (1871-1908) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Maruya Saiichi (1925- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) American journalist and novelist who, with the help of his Japanese wife, became the first Westerner to deeply understand the Japanese culture, which he introduced to Western readers in numerous English books and articles. Born in Greece and raised in Dublin, he was named "Lafcadio" after the Ionian island of Lefkas. Hearn became a Japanese citizen in 1894 (Japanese name: Koizumi Yakumo). Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) Born Hiraoka Kimitake. In his novels, plays, and short stories, Mishima romanticized pre-Western Japan. Mishima committed ritual seppuku (aka hara-kiri, belly cutting). Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Mori Ogai (1862-1922) Mori wrote novels, drama, poetry, etc. The Wild Geese (1911-1913) describes the plight of a girl forced to be a mistress. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Mukoda Kuniko (1929-1981) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Murakami Haruki (1949- ) Murakami writes of the rebelliousness and anomie of the 1960s. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Murakami Ryu (1952- ) Winner of the Gunzo Literature Prize and the Akutagawa Prize. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Nagai Kafu (1879-1959) Nagai was a novelist who studied in the U.S. and France. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Nagatsuka Takashi (1879-1915) Famous poet and writer of the Meiji (1968-1912) and early Taisho (1912-1926) eras. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) One of Japan's greatest modern writers, Natsume was a master of the psychological novel. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Oe Kenzaburo (1935- ) Known for his pacifistic novels and his fiction devoted to his mentally retarded son, Oe won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Nitta Jiro (1942- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Oda Sakunosuke (1913-1947) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Okamoto Kanoko (1889-1939) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Saito Sanki (1900-1962) A dentist and haiku poet, Saito founded several haiku associations and haiku revues. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Shiga Naoya (1883-1971) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Shimada Masahiko (1961- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943) Shimazaki was known for his first-person novels (watakushi shosetsu). Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Shono Junzo (1921- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.comName Your Link
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965) Novelist who wrote about traditional Japanese culture. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Uchida Yoshiko (c. 1921-1992) American writer who wrote about the Japanese experience in California. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Tokutomi Kenjiro (1868-1927) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Tsushima Yuko (1947- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Uno Chiyo (1897-1996) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) A composer of 31-syllable tanka poems, Yosano was known as the Poetess of Passion. Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
Yoshikawa Eiji (1892-1962) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com	Yoshimoto Banana (1964- ) Click here for author's books at Amazon.com
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