Hiroshi Noma

Hiroshi Noma
Hiroshi Noma in 1948
Native name
野間 宏
Born(1915-02-23)February 23, 1915
Kōbe, Japan
DiedJanuary 2, 1991(1991-01-02) (aged 75)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKyoto University

Hiroshi Noma (野間宏, Noma Hiroshi; February 23, 1915 – January 2, 1991) was a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. According to literary scholar Doug Slaymaker, Noma is widely credited with having discovered or invented the style of writing called by the term "postwar literature" (sengo bungaku) in Japan.