Osamu Dazai
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born
June 19, 1909
died
June 13, 1948
gender
male
place of birth
Tsugaru /Kanagi, Japan
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
His real name is Shuuji Tsushima. Although wanted him to be a politician, as his father, he insisted on being an author. When he applied Tokyo University French Literature Department, he was 20 years old. For most of his lifetime, he was a drug addict, an alcoholic and a tubercular.
His last book Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human)(1948) is kind of an authobiography; his childhood, his university years, and the times he cathches tuberculosis, was written in detail, in this book.
In 1948, he committed suicide with his mistress.
He is still one of the most popular authors in Japan.
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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai avg rating 3.95 — 195 ratings — published 1973 3 editions |
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The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai avg rating 3.81 — 142 ratings — published 1947 3 editions |
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Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy (Japan's Modern Writers Series) by Osamu Dazai avg rating 4.00 — 30 ratings — published 1993 2 editions |
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Self-Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic by Osamu Dazai avg rating 4.36 — 14 ratings — published 1991 3 editions |
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Crackling Mountain and Other Stories by Osamu Dazai avg rating 4.36 — 11 ratings — published 1989 4 editions |
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Return to Tsugaru: Travels of a Purple Tramp by Osamu Dazai avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 1988 2 editions |
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La femme de villon by Osamu Dazai avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2005 |
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Cent vues du mont Fuji by Osamu Dazai avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2003 |
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The schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1992 |
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Dazai Osamu zenshu by Osamu Dazai avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1989 |
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"Not long ago I learned from a certain person in considerable detail about the worthlessness of your character. All the same, it is you who have given me strength, you who have put the rainbow of revolution in my breast. It is you who have given an object to my life."
— Osamu Dazai
— Osamu Dazai
