Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai (June 19, 1909 – June 13, 1948), was a Japanese author. Dazai was born Tsushima Shūji in Aomori, northeastern Japan.[1] He is best known for his novels The Setting Sun (1947) and No Longer Human (1948).[1] Dazai wrote a number of novels about the meaning of life, pessimism and alcoholism based on his own private life. Dazai remains the most popular author among Japanese college students.[2]
On June 13 1948, he killed himself with his beloved wife. His corpse was discovered on June 19, his birthday, of the same year.
Osamu Dazai Media
Tsushima in a 1924 high school yearbook photo
太宰治の愛人田部シメ子
Dazai (right) and Oyama Hatsuyo (second from left)
太宰治（1928年頃撮影）
Dazai and Ishihara Michiko at their wedding
太宰治（1946年）
黒マント姿の太宰治
太宰治の愛人太田静子
太宰治の愛人山崎富栄
Dazai and Tomie's bodies discovered in 1948
