Osamu Dazai
Japanese author
Died when: 38 years 360 days (467 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Osamu Dazai (?? ?, Dazai Osamu, born Tsushima Shuji (????) in 1909; died 1948) was a Japanese author.A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (Shayo) and No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern-day classics.
His influences include Ryunosuke 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.
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