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Jun 19, 1909 Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan Died on 13 Jun 1948 (aged 38)
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About Osamu Dazai
- Osamu Dazai (?? ?, Dazai Osamu, June 19, 1909 – June 13, 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan.
- A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (Shayo) and No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.
- With a semi-autobiographical style and transparency into his personal life, Dazai's stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. 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.
