Osamu Dazai Author Guide

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Have you read Dazai? Which line from No Longer Human or The Setting Sun has stayed with you? Drop your favorite quote below. ⬇️ Osamu Dazai Author

“I could not even guess what kind of being I was.” — Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human ⬇️ “I could not even guess what kind of being I was

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the passing of one of Japan’s most haunting and beloved literary figures. Born in 1909 into a wealthy, landowning family in Aomori Prefecture, Osamu Dazai (born Shūji Tsushima) spent his life waging a war between privilege and profound despair. His weapon of choice? The written word. His battlefield? The human heart. The written word

• No Longer Human (1948) – His masterpiece. A semi-autobiographical novel told through journals of a man who feels he has “disqualified himself from being human.” Raw, unsettling, and devastatingly honest.