Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai was born in 1909 into a powerful landowning family of northern Japan. A brilliant student, he entered the French department of Tokyo University in 1930, but later boasted that in the five years before he left without a degree, he had never attended a lecture. Dazai was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan before he committed suicide by throwing himself into Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct. His body was found on what would have been his 39th birthday.
Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai was born in 1909 into a powerful landowning family of northern Japan. A brilliant student, he entered the French department of Tokyo University in 1930, but later boasted that in the five years before he left without a degree, he had never attended a lecture. Dazai was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan before he committed suicide by throwing himself into Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct. His body was found on what would have been his 39th birthday.
Books by Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene
Paperback, 1973
The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.The Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene
Paperback, 1968
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene
E Book, 2012
The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.The Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene
E Book, 2014
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.Early Light
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene, Ralph McCarthy
Hardback, 2022
Early Light gathers three tales by Osamu Dazai, author of the wildly popular No Longer HumanEarly Light
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene, Ralph McCarthy
E Book, 2022
Early Light gathers three tales by Osamu Dazai, author of the wildly popular No Longer HumanNo Longer Human
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene
Hardback, 2022
Now in a gift cloth edition, No Longer Human ponders profound alienationThe Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene
Hardback, 2022
Now in a beautiful gift cloth edition, a masterpiece of postwar Japanese literatureThe Flowers of Buffoonery
Osamu Dazai, Sam Bett
Paperback, 2023
For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai’s hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel toNo Longer HumanThe Flowers of Buffoonery
Osamu Dazai, Sam Bett
E Book
For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai’s hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel toNo Longer Human