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The Second World War in art and literature encompasses works created during the years of conflict and works about or arising from that period of world history.

Some well-known examples of books about the war, like Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Ōe's Okinawa Notes, could only have been crafted in retrospect. In 1970, Ōe wrote in Okinawa Notes that members of the Japanese military had coerced masses of Okinawan civilians into committing suicide during the Allied invasion of the island in 1945. In 2005, two retired Japanese military officers sued Ōe for libel; and in 2008, the Osaka District Court dismissed the case because, as the judge explained, "The military was deeply involved in the mass suicides". Ōe commented succinctly by saying, "“The judge accurately read my writing."

Art

The years of warfare were the backdrop for art which is now preserved and displayed in such institutions as the Imperial War Museum#Department of Art in London and the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.

Painting

Sculpture

Remembrance

Memorials

From the far-flung homes of soliders and sailors in the antipodes to the international array of battle sites in Europe, Asia, and at sea, the war memorials are both symbols of remembrance and carefully contrived works of art.

Cemeteries

Literature

Poetry

Drama

Novels

Movies

Opera

Television

Comics and graphic novels

Videogames

See also

Notes

1. Onishi, Norimitsu. "Japanese Court Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Nobel Laureate," New York Times. March 29, 2008.

References

Art

• Henkes, Robert. (2001). World War II in American Art. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. 10-ISBN 0-786-40985-1; 13-ISBN 978-0-786-40985-3

Literature

• Meredith, James H. (1999). Understanding the Literature of World War II: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. 10-ISBN 0313304173; 13-ISBN 978-0-313-30417-0
• Rosenfeld, David M. (2002). Unhappy Soldier: Hino Ashihei and Japanese World War II Literature. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 10-ISBN 0-739-10365-2; 13-ISBN 978-0-739-10365-4

External links

• Cultural history of World War II
• Postmodern art
• Art movements
• Contemporary art
• Modernism
• History of literature
• Fiction by war