 In Japanese literature, one of the most important authors of this genre is Haruki Murakami.In Polish literature magic realism is represented by Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.While the term "magical realism" first appeared in English in 1955, the term "Magischer Realismus," translated as "magic realism," was first used by German art critic Franz Roh in 1925 to refer to a painterly style also known as Neue Sachlichkeit (the New Objectivity), an alternative to expressionism championed by fellow German museum director Gustav Hartlaub.