Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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Japanese writer human short story writer

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	Tokyo Imperial University →
familyName	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	Taishō period literature → modern Japanese literature →
name	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa →
nativeName	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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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ("Akutagawa") →	familyName
Takatsuki ("Akutagawasohmon") →	hasHistoricSite
University of Tokyo →	hasNotableAlumni
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa →	name
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ("芥川龍之介") →	nativeName