Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese writer, often called the "father of the Japanese short story," best known internationally for works like "Rashōmon" and "In a Grove."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese writer
human
short story writer
activeYears 1910s
1920s
causeOfDeath barbiturate overdose
suicide
countryOfCitizenship Japan
countryOfOrigin Japan
dateOfBirth 1892-03-01
dateOfDeath 1927-07-24
educatedAt University of Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo Imperial University
familyName Ryūnosuke Akutagawa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Akutagawa
fieldOfStudy English literature
genre historical fiction
psychological fiction
short story
givenName Ryūnosuke
hasAwardNamedAfter Akutagawa Prize
influenced Kenzaburō Ōe
Osamu Dazai
Yukio Mishima
modern Japanese literature
influencedBy Edgar Allan Poe
French literature
Natsume Sōseki
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
movement Taisho era
surface form: Taishō period literature

modern Japanese literature
name Ryūnosuke Akutagawa self-link
nativeName Ryūnosuke Akutagawa self-linksurface differs
surface form: 芥川 龍之介
notableFor being called the father of the Japanese short story
notableWork Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale
Hell Screen
In a Grove
Kappa
Rashōmon
The Ball
The Martyr
The Nose
The Spider’s Thread
occupation novelist
short story writer
writer
placeOfBirth Japan
Tokyo
placeOfDeath Japan
Tokyo
positionHeld employee of Osaka Mainichi Shimbun
residence Tokyo
sexOrGender male

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Natsume Sōseki influenced Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Rashōmon author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
In a Grove author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Hell Screen author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Nose author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Spider’s Thread author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Ball author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Ball author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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The Martyr author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Kappa author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Osamu Dazai influencedBy Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Akutagawa Prize namedAfter Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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