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Osamu Dazai | |||||
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太宰 治 | |||||
 Dazai in 1948 | |||||
| Born | Shūji Tsushima June 19, 1909 | ||||
| Died | June 13, 1948 (aged 38) | ||||
| Cause of death | Double suicide with Tomie Yamazaki by drowning | ||||
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, short story writer | ||||
| Notable work | |||||
| Movement | I-Novel, Buraiha | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 太宰 治 | ||||
| Hiragana | だざい おさむ | ||||
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Shūji Tsushima (津島 修治, Tsushima Shūji, 19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948), known by his pen name Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, Dazai Osamu), was a Japanese novelist and author.[1] A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (斜陽, Shayō) and No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern-day classics.[2]
His influences include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murasaki Shikibu and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. His last book, No Longer Human, is his most popular work outside of Japan.
A pseudonym he used was Shunpei Kuroki (黒木 舜平), on the book Illusion of the Cliffs (断崖の錯覚, Dangai no Sakkaku).
- ^ "Dazai Osamu | Japanese author | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Many of Japan's most interesting creative writers cite 'No Longer Human' by Osamu Dazai as their favourite book or one that had a huge influence on them". Red Circle Authors. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.