The native form of this personal name is Dazai Osamu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
For the fictional character of the same name, see Osamu Dazai (Bungo Stray Dogs).
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Osamu Dazai
太宰 治
Dazai in 1948
Born
Shūji Tsushima
(1909-06-19)June 19, 1909
Kanagi, Aomori, Empire of Japan
Died
June 13, 1948(1948-06-13) (aged 38)
Tokyo, Allied-occupied Japan
Cause of death
Double suicide with Tomie Yamazaki by drowning
Occupation(s)
Novelist, Short story writer
Notable work
The Setting Sun
No Longer Human
Otogi-zôshi
"Run, Melos!"
Movement
I-Novel, Buraiha
Japanese name
Kanji
太宰 治
Hiragana
だざい おさむ
Transcriptions
Romanization
Dazai Osamu
Shūji Tsushima (津島 修治, Tsushima Shūji, 19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948), known by his pen name Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, Dazai Osamu), was a Japanese novelist and author.[1] A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (Shayō) and No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern-day classics.[2]
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.
^"Dazai Osamu | Japanese author | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
^"Many of Japan's most interesting creative writers cite 'No Longer Human' by Osamu Dazai as their favourite book or one that had a huge influence on them". Red Circle Authors. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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