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Yukio Mishima [a] ( 三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), born Kimitake Hiraoka ( 平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake, 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai (楯の会, "Shield Society").
He was Japan’s most famous living novelist when, on 25 November 1970, he went to an army base in Tokyo, kidnapped the commander, had him assemble the garrison, then tried to start...
The bibliography of Kimitake Hiraoka, pen name Yukio Mishima, includes novels, novellas, short stories and literary essays, as well as plays that were written not only in a contemporary-style, but also in the style of classical Japanese theatre, particularly in the genres of noh and kabuki.
Mishima Yukio (born January 14, 1925, Tokyo, Japan—died November 25, 1970, Tokyo) was a prolific writer who is regarded by many critics as the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. Mishima was the son of a high civil servant and attended the aristocratic Peers School in Tokyo.
Sep 27, 2021 · Born Kimitake Hiraoka, Yukio Mishima was a legendary author and playwright who founded a nationalist militia before dying by suicide on November 25, 1970. Yukio Mishima was an international literary star when he stormed a military base, then committed seppuku.
Nov 20, 2020 · Yukio Mishima is interviewed at his home in Tokyo's Minamimagome district in this December 1968 file photo. (Mainichi) Nietzsche. By Damian Flanagan. Toward the end of the World War II, a...
Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫) was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask (1949).
Yukio Mishima has 448 books on Goodreads with 733916 ratings. Yukio Mishima’s most popular book is The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea.
Mishima Yukio was born in Tokyo in 1925. His full age coincides with the number of years in the Showa era, symbolizing that he was one of Japan’s leading writers of the Showa era. At the same time, Mishima was one of the earliest modern Japanese literary figures to be active on the world stage.
Jul 25, 2019 · The life and death of Yukio Mishima: A tale of astonishing elegance and emotional brutality. A novel by one of Japan’s most revered writers is to be published in English for the first time. But...
