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A Rare Literary Talent: Eulogy for Dazai Osamu
Written by Satō Haruo and published in The Complete Works of Contemporary Japanese Literature, Volume 49, Monthly Report 17, September 5th, 1954. Translated by Laurie Raye. Original Text: https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001763/files/58566_63546.html When it is Akutagawa Prize season, I always think of Dazai Osamu. I will never forget how desperately he wanted to win the award. I had…
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Diary of My Distress
Written by Dazai Osamu, first published in Bungei Vol. 4, No. 6, 1st June 1936. Though the dates are not marked, it covers the period between the end of April to the beginning of May 1936. Translated by Laurie Raye. Original Text: https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000035/files/1589_18111.html ___th of ______ Somebody put a live snake in my letterbox. I’m…
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Letter to Kawabata Yasunari from Dazai Osamu
Published October 1st 1935 in Bungei Tsushin Volume 3, Issue 10 in an article entitled ‘Two peculiar follow-up statements to the Akutagawa Prize’. The other follow-up statement was by Yazaki Dan, a literary critic. Translated by Laurie Raye. Original Text: https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000035/files/1607_13766.html In the September issue of Bungei Shunjū you slandered me by writing: “…Indeed, ‘The…
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