Yukio Mishima

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Yukio Mishima was a prominent 20th-century Japanese novelist, playwright, and nationalist known for his stylistically intense works and dramatic ritual suicide in 1970.

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instanceOf Japanese nationalist
actor
bodybuilder
essayist
film director
human
martial artist
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
short story writer
advocatedFor restoration of imperial power in Japan
awardReceived Yomiuri Prize for Literature
birthName Kimitake Hiraoka NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1925-01-14
dateOfDeath 1970-11-25
educatedAt Gakushuin Boys’ Junior and Senior High School
surface form: Gakushuin

University of Tokyo
fieldOfWork literature
founded Tatenokai
genre autobiographical fiction
essay
novel
play
short story
influenced Haruki Murakami
Kenzaburō Ōe
surface form: Kenzaburo Oe
influencedBy Japanese classical literature
Western literature
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
mannerOfDeath seppuku
militaryBranch Japan Self-Defense Forces
movement modernism
postwar Japanese literature
notableEvent failed coup attempt at Japan Self-Defense Forces headquarters in 1970
notableWork Confessions of a Mask
Patriotism
Runaway Horses
Spring Snow
Sun and Steel
The Decay of the Angel
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sea of Fertility tetralogy
The Temple of Dawn
Kinkaku-ji
surface form: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
numberOfChildren 2
occupation actor
essayist
film director
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
short story writer
placeOfBirth Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
placeOfDeath Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
politicalIdeology monarchism
right-wing nationalism
positionHeld reservist officer in Japan Self-Defense Forces
pseudonym Yukio Mishima
religion Buddhism
Shinto
sexOrGender male
sexualOrientation bisexual
spouse Yoko Sugiyama
workPeriod 1940s–1970
wrote Confessions of a Mask
Patriotism
Runaway Horses
Spring Snow
Sun and Steel
The Decay of the Angel
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Temple of Dawn
Kinkaku-ji
surface form: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa influenced Yukio Mishima
Tanizaki Prize hasAwarded Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima pseudonym Yukio Mishima
Noma Literary Prize notableRecipient Yukio Mishima
Asahi Prize notableRecipient Yukio Mishima
Japan Academy Prize hasRecipient Yukio Mishima
Yukio hasNotableBearer Yukio Mishima