Shiga Naoya (志賀 直哉, February 20, 1883 - October 21, 1971) was a Japanese writer. His terse style influenced many later writers. He garnered praise from the likes of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, but was despised by Dazai Osamu for his "sincere" style. He wrote only one novel A Dark Night's Passing. He is mostly remembered for his short stories. Later in life he was given the title shôsetsu no kamisama - "the god of Fiction" by those who admired him.
By 1935 ShigaNaoya had been extolled as the "God of Fiction," and his preeminence as the most revered of modern Japanese writers was established by the late 1930s.
ShigaNaoya (志賀 直哉 ShigaNaoya, February 20, 1883- October 21, 1971) was a Japanese writer.
He then goes on to contend that Shiga "depopulates " his fiction, showing his main characters in relative isolation in order to better explore the nature of personal experience.
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