Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, Dazai Osamu, born Tsushima Shūji (津島修治) in 1909; died 1948) was a Japanese author. A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (Shayō) and No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern-day classics.His influences include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murasaki Shikibu and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. While Dazai continues to be widely celebrated in Japan, he remains relatively unknown elsewhere, with only a handful of his works available in English. His last book, No Longer Human, is his most popular work outside of Japan.
Osamu Dazai
Autorearen xehetasunak
- Ezizenak:
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太宰治
- Jaiotza:
- 1909ko eka. 18a
- Heriotza:
- 1948ko eka. 12a
