Who was part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s, Neal Stephenson or Terry Southern ?
Terry Southern Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the 1960s and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. In the 1980s he wrote for "Saturday Night Live" and lectured on screenwriting at several universities in New York.
Osamu Dazai Osamu Dazai (太宰 治 , Dazai Osamu , June 19, 1909 – June 13, 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as "The Setting Sun" ("Shayō") and "No Longer Human" ("Ningen Shikkaku"), are considered modern-day classics in Japan. With a semi-autobiographical style and transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, and postwar Japan.