Yukio Mishima

In this Japanese name, the family name is Mishima.

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[1] was a Japanese writer, poet, playwright, actor and film director.[2] One of his close friends was Yasunari Kawabata. On November 25, 1970, he tried to make a coup d'état for military force but in vain and killed himself via seppuku.

Yukio Mishima
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Yukio Mishima, 1956
Japanese name
Kanji 三島 由紀夫
Hiragana みしま ゆきお
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Early life

Mishima studied at the elite Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..[2] When he was child, he stuttered.

In 1941, Mishima wrote his first notable story. In Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., he described a feeling that his ancestors lived within him.

Mishima graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1947.

Career

Mishima worked in the Japanese Ministry of Finance. At the same time, he was writing.[3]

In 1949, he published his first major novel, Confessions of a mask.[2]

Selected works

In a summary based on writings by and about Yukio Mishima, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 1,700+ works in 4,400+ publications in 40+ languages and 56,600+ library holdings.[4]

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  • Confessions of a mask, 1949
  • The sound of waves, 1952
  • The temple of the golden pavilion by Yukio Mishima, 1956
  • The sailor who fell from grace with the sea, 1959
  • After the banquet, 1960
  • Death in midsummer, and other stories, 1966
  • Spring snow, 1968
  • Runaway horses, 1969
  • The temple of dawn, 1969
  • The decay of the angel, 1971

Yukio Mishima Media

References

 
Mishima's grave
  1. Yukio Mishima was the writer's name used by Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mishima Yukio" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 640.
  3. Shabecoff, Philip. "Mishima: A Man Torn Between Two Worlds," New York Times. November 26, 1970; retrieved 2012-6-8.
  4. WorldCat Identities: Mishima, Yukio 1925-1970; retrieved 2012-6-8.

Other websites

  Media related to Yukio Mishima at Wikimedia Commons