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Kyūsaku Yumeno

Born

in Fukuoka, Japan

January 04, 1889

Died

March 11, 1936

Genre

Fantasy, Fiction, Crime

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Yumeno Kyūsaku (native name: 夢野久作) was the pen name of the early Shōwa period Japanese author Sugiyama Yasumichi. The pen name literally means "a person who always dreams." He wrote detective novels and is known for his avant-gardism and his surrealistic, wildly imaginative and fantastic, even bizarre narratives.

Kyūsaku’s first success was a nursery tale Shiraga Kozō (White Hair Boy, 1922), which was largely ignored by the public. It was not until his first novella, Ayakashi no Tsuzumi (Apparitional Hand Drum, 1924) in the literary magazine Shinseinen that his name became known.

His subsequent works include Binzume jigoku (Hell in the Bottles, 1928), Kori no hate (End of the Ice, 1933) and his most significant novel Dogra Magra (ドグラマグラ, 19 ...more

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	Piekło w butelkach by Kyūsaku Yumeno, Andrzej Świrkowski (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 1,870 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	El infierno de las chicas by Kyūsaku Yumeno, 夢野久作, Daniel Aguilar (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 656 ratings — published 1936 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Dogra Magra by Kyūsaku Yumeno, Patrick Honnoré (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Spirit Drum by Kyūsaku Yumeno, J.D. Wisgo (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1924 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Hell in a Bottle: Maiden's Bookshelf by Kyūsaku Yumeno, 夢野久作, Towoji Honojiro (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1928 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Perlas psicotrónicas de la ciencia ficción japonesa by Kyūsaku Yumeno, Sampei Hoshida, Jūza Unno 3.07 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	ドグラマグラ（上）(Dogura Magura, #1) by Kyūsaku Yumeno, 夢野久作 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Kaimu: A Collection of Disturbing Dreams by Kyūsaku Yumeno, J.D. Wisgo (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Neraka Botol & Sosis Manusia by Kyūsaku Yumeno, Indriawan Triputra (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Край льда by Kyūsaku Yumeno, Юмэно Кюсаку, Анна Слащёва (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1933 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“I'm not crazy, it's just a hereditary psychological crisis.”
― Kyūsaku Yumeno, Dogra Magra

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“All men are crazy.”
― Kyūsaku Yumeno, Dogra Magra

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