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Yukio Mishima
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born
January 14, 1925
died
November 25, 1970
gender
male
place of birth
the Yotsuya district of Tokyo, Japan
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
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.
Aawards
- 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.
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"anything can become excusable when seen from the standpoint of the result"
— Yukio Mishima (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
— Yukio Mishima (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
"What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is capable of transforming the world, while at the same time leaving it exactly as it is. When you look at the world with knowledge, you realize that things are unchangeable and at the same time are constantly being transformed."
— Yukio Mishima (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
— Yukio Mishima (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
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