Author Profile: Born in Hongo-machi, Toyota-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture (present-day Mihara City). After graduating from old Yamaguchi High School, he graduated from the Department of Aesthetics at Tokyo Imperial University. While at Yamaguchi High School, he was deeply involved in the Marxist student movement with Masato Ara. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he worked for the Social Education Bureau of the Ministry of Education and the Japan-Italy Association. Before the war, he was a member of "Gendai Bungaku" (Contemporary Literature). After the war, he co-founded "Kindai Bungaku" (Modern Literature) with Ara, Takehiro Haniya, Hideo Odagiri, Shugo Honda, Ken Hirano, and Shizuka Yamamuro. He also co-founded "Sogo Bunka" (Comprehensive Culture) and "Gendai Geijutsu" (Contemporary Art) with Kiyoteru Hanada and others. In addition, he actively engaged in literary criticism, commentary on television and films, and translations of György Lukács, and celebrated the post-war avant-garde movement. From 1965, he served as a professor at Chuo University. In 1990, he received the Noma Literary Prize for "My Chekhov." (From Wikipedia) This is a copy of Motoichi Sasaki's "Sengo no Sakka to Sakuhin" (Post-war Writers and Works), published by Mirai-sha in June 1967, first edition, with a slipcase. The slipcase has significant yellowing and minor damage, but the main body of the book has no stains, writing, or library stamps. Please consider purchasing this item with the understanding that it is a 58-year-old used book. ※ The following works by Motoichi Sasaki are also available: Kosei Fukko (Revival of Individuality) Tozai Hikaku Sakka Ron (Comparative Writers of East and West) Watashi no Chekhov (My Chekhov)