50 famous writers from Japan
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50 famous writers from Japan, along with some of their notable works:
Classical and Traditional Authors
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book (Makura no Sōshi)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki Shinjū), The Battles of Coxinga
Matsuo Bashō
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi)
Ihara Saikaku
The Life of an Amorous Man (Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko), Five Women Who Loved Love
Ueda Akinari
Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain)
Kamo no Chōmei
Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut)
Kyokutei Bakin
Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (The Chronicles of the Eight Dog Heroes)
Izumi Kyōka
The Holy Man of Mount Kōya, A Song by Lantern Light
Natsume Sōseki
I Am a Cat (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru), Kokoro, Botchan
Meiji to Early 20th Century Authors
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Rashōmon, In a Grove, Kappa
Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Confessions of a Mask (Kamen no Kokuhaku)
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki), In Praise of Shadows, The Key
Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no Onna), The Face of Another
Shūsaku Endō
Silence (Chinmoku), The Samurai
Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country (Yukiguni), Thousand Cranes (Senbazuru), The Sound of the Mountain (Yama no Oto)
Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), The Setting Sun (Shayō)
Kenzaburō Ōe
A Personal Matter (Kojinteki na Taiken), The Silent Cry (Man'en Gannen no Futtobōru)
Ihara Saikaku
Eternal Storehouse of Japan (Nippon Eitaigura)
Motojirō Kajii
Lemon, Under the Cherry Trees
Modern and Contemporary Authors
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori), Kafka on the Shore, 1Q84
Banana Yoshimoto
Kitchen, Goodbye Tsugumi
Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue, In the Miso Soup
Hiromi Kawakami
Strange Weather in Tokyo (Sensei no Kaban), The Briefcase
Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman (Konbini Ningen), Earthlings
Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X (Yogisha X no Kenshin), The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Natsuo Kirino
Out, Grotesque, Real World
Fuminori Nakamura
The Thief (Suri), Evil and the Mask
Hideo Yokoyama
Six Four (64), Prefecture D
Yōko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Hakase no Aishita Sūshiki), Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales
Poets
Yosano Akiko
Tangled Hair (Midaregami)
Takuboku Ishikawa
Sad Toys (Kanashiki Gangu)
Miyazawa Kenji
Night on the Galactic Railroad (Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru), Spring and Asura
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude, Floating the River
Hagiwara Sakutarō
Howling at the Moon (Tsuki ni Hoeru), Blue Cat (Aoneko)
Chiyo-ni
Haiku poetry reflecting seasonal beauty.
Taneda Santōka
Free-verse haiku master.
Masuji Ibuse
Black Rain (Kuroi Ame), focused on post-war Hiroshima.
Kazuo Ishiguro (British-born but of Japanese descent)
The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go
Sachiko Kashiwaba
The Marvelous Village Veiled in Mist, Temple Alley Summer
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Other Genres
Yukito Ayatsuji
Another, The Decagon House Murders
Hiro Arikawa
The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Tabineko Ripoto)
Kanae Minato
Confessions (Kokuhaku), Penance (Shokuzai)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Kohi ga Samenai Uchi ni)
Yoko Tawada
The Last Children of Tokyo, Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Tomihiko Morimi
The Night is Short, Walk on Girl (Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome), Penguin Highway
Takeshi Kaikō
Into a Black Sun (Kuroi Taiyō no Naka ni)
Shion Miura
The Great Passage (Fune wo Amu)
Shigeaki Koga
Japan as Number One
Keiichirō Hirano
At the End of the Matinee, The Eclipse
Classical and Traditional Authors
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book (Makura no Sōshi)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki Shinjū), The Battles of Coxinga
Matsuo Bashō
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi)
Ihara Saikaku
The Life of an Amorous Man (Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko), Five Women Who Loved Love
Ueda Akinari
Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain)
Kamo no Chōmei
Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut)
Kyokutei Bakin
Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (The Chronicles of the Eight Dog Heroes)
Izumi Kyōka
The Holy Man of Mount Kōya, A Song by Lantern Light
Natsume Sōseki
I Am a Cat (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru), Kokoro, Botchan
Meiji to Early 20th Century Authors
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Rashōmon, In a Grove, Kappa
Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Confessions of a Mask (Kamen no Kokuhaku)
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki), In Praise of Shadows, The Key
Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no Onna), The Face of Another
Shūsaku Endō
Silence (Chinmoku), The Samurai
Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country (Yukiguni), Thousand Cranes (Senbazuru), The Sound of the Mountain (Yama no Oto)
Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), The Setting Sun (Shayō)
Kenzaburō Ōe
A Personal Matter (Kojinteki na Taiken), The Silent Cry (Man'en Gannen no Futtobōru)
Ihara Saikaku
Eternal Storehouse of Japan (Nippon Eitaigura)
Motojirō Kajii
Lemon, Under the Cherry Trees
Modern and Contemporary Authors
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori), Kafka on the Shore, 1Q84
Banana Yoshimoto
Kitchen, Goodbye Tsugumi
Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue, In the Miso Soup
Hiromi Kawakami
Strange Weather in Tokyo (Sensei no Kaban), The Briefcase
Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman (Konbini Ningen), Earthlings
Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X (Yogisha X no Kenshin), The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Natsuo Kirino
Out, Grotesque, Real World
Fuminori Nakamura
The Thief (Suri), Evil and the Mask
Hideo Yokoyama
Six Four (64), Prefecture D
Yōko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Hakase no Aishita Sūshiki), Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales
Poets
Yosano Akiko
Tangled Hair (Midaregami)
Takuboku Ishikawa
Sad Toys (Kanashiki Gangu)
Miyazawa Kenji
Night on the Galactic Railroad (Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru), Spring and Asura
Shuntarō Tanikawa
Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude, Floating the River
Hagiwara Sakutarō
Howling at the Moon (Tsuki ni Hoeru), Blue Cat (Aoneko)
Chiyo-ni
Haiku poetry reflecting seasonal beauty.
Taneda Santōka
Free-verse haiku master.
Masuji Ibuse
Black Rain (Kuroi Ame), focused on post-war Hiroshima.
Kazuo Ishiguro (British-born but of Japanese descent)
The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go
Sachiko Kashiwaba
The Marvelous Village Veiled in Mist, Temple Alley Summer
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Other Genres
Yukito Ayatsuji
Another, The Decagon House Murders
Hiro Arikawa
The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Tabineko Ripoto)
Kanae Minato
Confessions (Kokuhaku), Penance (Shokuzai)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Kohi ga Samenai Uchi ni)
Yoko Tawada
The Last Children of Tokyo, Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Tomihiko Morimi
The Night is Short, Walk on Girl (Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome), Penguin Highway
Takeshi Kaikō
Into a Black Sun (Kuroi Taiyō no Naka ni)
Shion Miura
The Great Passage (Fune wo Amu)
Shigeaki Koga
Japan as Number One
Keiichirō Hirano
At the End of the Matinee, The Eclipse