Osamu Dazai
The author of the global bestseller No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan. He committed suicide by drowning in Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Osamu Dazai
The author of the global bestseller No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan. He committed suicide by drowning in Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Books by Osamu Dazai

Self-Portraits: Stories
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy
Paperback, 2024
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai's best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraitsshows the legendary writer at his best—and his worstSelf-Portraits: Stories
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy
E Book
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai's best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraitsshows the legendary writer at his best—and his worst
The Beggar Student
Osamu Dazai, Sam Bett
Paperback, 2024
For fans of No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai's darkly bewitching novel about the small redemptions of being a pathetic, miserable writer
The Beggar Student
Osamu Dazai, Sam Bett
E Book
For fans of No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai's darkly bewitching novel about the small redemptions of being a pathetic, miserable writer
No One Knows
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy
Paperback, 2025
Fourteen tales selected from the breadth of Dazai’s fabled career, some never before seen in English
No One Knows
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy
E Book
Fourteen tales selected from the breadth of Dazai’s fabled career, some never before seen in English
Good-Bye
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy
Paperback, 2026
Eleven new short works by the Osamu Dazai, author of No Longer HumanGood-Bye
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy
E Book
Eleven new short works by the Osamu Dazai, author of No Longer Human


