This document provides brief biographical information on several Japanese writers and artists from the mid-20th century including Nobel Prize winners Ōe Kenzaburō and Kawabata Yasunari. It also mentions topics like the Anpo protests of 1960, Tokyo Olympics, and photographic work by Tomatsu Shomei focusing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as other artists like Watanabe Yoshio, Hosoe Eiko, and Kawada Kikuji.