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  <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫 Mishima Yukio?) was the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威 Hiraoka Kimitake), a Japanese author, poet and playwright, famous for both his highly notable post-war writings and the circumstances of his ritual suicide by seppuku.

&lt;b&gt;Aawards&lt;/b&gt;
- Shincho Prize from Shinchosha Publishing, 1954, for The Sound of Waves.
- Kishida Prize for Drama from Shinchosha Publishing, 1955.
- Yomiuri Prize from Yomiuri Newspaper Co., for best novel, 1957, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
- Yomiuri Prize from Yomiuri Newspaper Co., for best drama, 1961, Toka no Kiku.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>the Yotsuya district of Tokyo</hometown>  <born_at>01/14/1925</born_at>  <died_at>11/25/1970</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1099</ratings_count>
  <published>1963</published>  
  
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        <book id="62805">
  <title><![CDATA[The Sound of Waves]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.70</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>699</ratings_count>
  <published>1961</published>  
  
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        <book id="62793">
  <title><![CDATA[Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, Book 1)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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    </author>
        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Michael Gallagher]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1652740]]></link>
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  <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>577</ratings_count>
  <published>1972</published>  
  
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        <book id="62798">
  <title><![CDATA[The Temple of the Golden Pavilion]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>543</ratings_count>
  <published>1956</published>  
  
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        <book id="62794">
  <title><![CDATA[Confessions of a Mask]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>556</ratings_count>
  <published>1948</published>  
  
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        <book id="62812">
  <title><![CDATA[Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility: Book 2)(Vintage Classics)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.21</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>307</ratings_count>
  <published>1969</published>  
  
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        <book id="574927">
  <title><![CDATA[Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35258.Yukio_Mishima]]></link>
    </author>
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  <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>272</ratings_count>
  <published>1966</published>  
  
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        <book id="62795">
  <title><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.14</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>243</ratings_count>
  <published>1966</published>  
  
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        <book id="62796">
  <title><![CDATA[The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility: Book 4)(Vintage Classics)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.11</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>234</ratings_count>
  <published>1975</published>  
  
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        <book id="62802">
  <title><![CDATA[The Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility: Book 3)(Vintage Classics)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>225</ratings_count>
  <published>1973</published>  
  
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