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Yukio Mishima
| born |
January 14, 1925
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| died |
November 25, 1970 |
| place of birth |
Yotsuya district of Tokyo, Japan |
| website |
http://www.mishimayukio.jp/index.html |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction
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| influences |
[a:Thomas Mann|19405|Thomas Mann|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1188829915p2/19405.jpg], [a:Friedrich Nietzsche|1938|Friedrich Nietzsche|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1291157969p2/1938.jpg], [a:Raymond Radiguet|423070|Raymond Radiguet|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1256920796p2/423070.jpg], [a:François Mauriac|61023|François Mauriac|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1279025198p2/61023.jpg], [a:Yasunari Kawabata|8550|Yasunari Kawabata|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1235793826p2/8550.jpg], |
about this author
Yukio Mishima, a Japanese author, poet and playwright, famous for both his highly notable post-war writings and the circumstances of his ritual suicide by seppuku.
Mishima wrote 40 novels, 18 plays, 20 books of short stories, and at least 20 books of essays, one libretto, as well as one film. A large portion of this oeuvre comprises books written quickly for profit, but even if these are disregarded, a substantial body of work remains.
He was recognized as one of the most important post-war stylists of the Japanese language.
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