Yukio Mishima

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born

in Yotsuya district of Tokyo, Japan

January 14, 1925

died

November 25, 1970

website

http://www.mishimayukio.jp/index.html

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

Thomas Mann, Friedrich Nietzsche, Raymond Radiguet, François Mauriac,...more

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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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Yukio Mishima's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 28,672 ratings · 1,903 reviews · 122 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima, John Nathan (Translator) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 4,446 ratings — published 1963 — 38 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima, Michael Gallagher (Translator) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 3,024 ratings — published 1969 — 42 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of a Mask 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,407 ratings — published 1949 — 44 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, Ivan Morris (Translation) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 3,182 ratings — published 1956 — 48 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby (Translator) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 3,119 ratings — published 1954 — 39 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima, Michael Gallagher (Translator) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 1,416 ratings — published 1969 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Midsummer & Other Stories 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,048 ratings — published 1953 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Temple of Dawn by Yukio Mishima, E. Dale Saunders (Translator), Cecilia Segawa Seigle (Translator) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 1970 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Decay of the Angel by Yukio Mishima, Edward Seidensticker (Translator) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 970 ratings — published 1970 — 30 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patriotism by Yukio Mishima, Geoffrey W. Sargent (Translator) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Sea of Fertility (4 books)
by Yukio Mishima, Edward Seidensticker (Translator)
4.123460544321119 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 6,577 ratings

Η θάλασσα της γονιμότητας (4 books)
by Yukio Mishima, Edward Seidensticker (Translator)
4.120030935808198 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 6,465 ratings

Quotes by Yukio Mishima

“True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.”
― Yukio Mishima

tags: beauty, cruelty, love

195 people liked it

“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

tags: knowledge, stillness, transformation

87 people liked it

“Dreams, memories, the sacred--they are all alike in that they are beyond our grasp. Once we are even marginally separated from what we can touch, the object is sanctified; it acquires the beauty of the unattainable, the quality of the miraculous. Everything, really, has this quality of sacredness, but we can desecrate it at a touch. How strange man is! His touch defiles and yet he contains the source of miracles.”
― Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow

tags: sense-of-wonder

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