Shizue Ogawa pays particular attention to the resonances between Western and Eastern culture that inspire her philosophical, aesthetic, and cosmic reflections. Here, Alice-Catherine Carls offer…
COVER FEATURE
Japanese Women Writers in the 21st Century
Nanae AOYAMA A Perfect Day to Be Alone Trans. Jesse Kirkwood MacLehose Press, 2024 / Other Press, 2025 Kaori FUJINO Nails and Eyes Trans. Kendall…
Uemura Shōen (1875–1949), Snow / Wikimedia CommonsThough it’s impossible to say which generation of Japanese women writers has had a larger influence on literature domestically and internatio…
Oyamada in front of Hiroshima’s Genbaku Dome / Photo by Takeo NakaokuRea Amit: Hiroko, many consider you to be a representative of contemporary Japanese fiction. While you clearly write in the Japanes…
Photo by Shunsuke Ono / Unsplash.comA lover of love, everything Momo does is designed to give her the advantage. They pretty much spent their days sifting through the freckles, moles, and pimples that…
It is an undisputed fact that women played an integral role in the development of modern Japanese literature. As early as the late nineteenth century, Ichiyō Higuchi broke through the literary establi…
September 2024
Japanese Women Writers in the 21st Century headlines the September 2024 issue of World Literature Today. Additional highlights include numerous interviews, fiction and Alejandro Puyana on six “classic” and “upstart” literary debuts. Be sure to check out the latest must-read titles in WLT’s book review section—including new releases by Conceição Lima, Yoko Ogawa, and Salman Rushdie—and much more!