Osamu Dazai

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Osamu Dazai was a prominent 20th-century Japanese novelist known for his darkly introspective, semi-autobiographical works such as "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun," which explore themes of alienation, despair, and postwar disillusionment.

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Osamu Dazai canonical 3
太宰 治 1

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instanceOf Japanese writer
human
novelist
short story writer
activePeriod Showa era
surface form: Shōwa era
birthName Shūji Tsushima NERFINISHED
burialPlace Zenrin-ji Temple, Mitaka, Tokyo
causeOfDeath drowning
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1909-06-19
dateOfDeath 1948-06-13
educatedAt Hirosaki High School
University of Tokyo
ethnicGroup Japanese
fieldOfWork modern Japanese literature
gender male
genre autobiographical fiction
novel
short story
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dazai
influenced postwar Japanese literature
influencedBy Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
mainTheme alienation
despair
postwar disillusionment
mannerOfDeath suicide
movement Buraiha
Shin-kankakuha
name Osamu Dazai self-link
nativeName Osamu Dazai self-linksurface differs
surface form: 太宰 治
nativeNameLanguage ja
notableWork No Longer Human
Otogizōshi
Run, Melos!
Schoolgirl
The Setting Sun
Villon’s Wife
numberOfChildren 3
occupation novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Kanagi, Aomori, Japan
Tsugaru Peninsula, Aomori Prefecture
placeOfDeath Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
spouse Michiko Ishihara
Tomie Yamazaki
writingStyle darkly introspective
semi-autobiographical
yearsActive 1930s–1940s

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa influenced Osamu Dazai
Natsume Sōseki influenced Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai name Osamu Dazai self-link
Osamu Dazai nativeName Osamu Dazai self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 太宰 治