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Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) was a Japanese author who wrote under the pseudonyms Tsujishima Shūji and Kuroki Shunpei. He had three children. His literary output includes works such as *No longer humman*, *Retrograde*, *No One Knows*, *Obras Maestras Del Japón Tomo II*, and *Obras maestras del Japón Tomo I*.
Dazai’s writings have been referenced in 163 other encyclopedia articles. He is also associated with recorded music, having 107 listeners and 1,102 plays on Last.fm. Among his recorded quotes are statements regarding the nature of virtue, vice, and human morality.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kanagi
- Place of death
- Mitaka
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Movement
- Buraiha
- Image
- Osamu Dazai.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Category:Osamu Dazai
- Commons category
- Osamu Dazai
- date of birth
- 1909-06-19
- date of death
- 1948-06-13
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- drowning
- name in kana
- だざい おさむ
- name in native language
- 太宰 治
- birth name
- 津島 修治
- pseudonym
- 黒木 舜平
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Encyclopedic overview
Shūji Tsushima (津島 修治, Tsushima Shūji; 19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948), known by his pen name Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, Dazai Osamu), was a Japanese novelist and author. A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (斜陽, Shayō) and No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern classics.
His influences include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murasaki Shikibu and Fyodor Dostoevsky. His last book, No Longer Human, is his most popular work outside of Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osamu Dazai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.