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    Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was one of the most famous Japanese writers of the last century and was the author of Rashomon and other works. The Akutagawa Prize is named in his honor.

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was one of the most famous Japanese writers of the last century and was the author of Rashomon and other works. The Akutagawa Prize is named in his honor.

    Books by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    • Rashomon and Other Stories

      Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Takashi Kojima, M. Kuwata, Howard Hibbett

      Paperback, 2000

      This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different...

    • The Beautiful and the Grotesque

      Ryunosuke Akutagawa

      Paperback, 2010

      From one of the masters of the short story comes an unforgettable collection of haunting and strange tales.

    • Kappa

      Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, Allison Markin Powell

      Paperback, 2023

      Akutagawa’s magical final work is a short novel with a magic spell all its own—poignant, fantastical, wry, melancholic and witty

    • Kappa

      Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, Allison Markin Powell

      E Book

      Akutagawa’s magical final work is a short novel with a magic spell all its own—poignant, fantastical, wry, melancholic and witty

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