Who was part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s, Neal Stephenson or Terry Southern ?
Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction.
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.