Nobuo Kojima (小島 信夫, Kojima Nobuo) (b. February 28, 1915 - d. October 26, 2006) was a Japanese writer prominent in the postwar era. He is most readily associated with other writers of his generation, such as Shotaro Yasuoka, 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 F...
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Nobuo Kojima (小島 信夫, Kojima Nobuo) (b. February 28, 1915 - d. October 26, 2006) was a Japanese writer prominent in the postwar era. He is most readily associated with other writers of his generation, such as Shotaro Yasuoka, 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.
"The Rifle" in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories, Theodore W. Gossen, (ed.), Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-283304-9
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