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Also Known As Tsushima Shūji
Born June 19, 1909 • Japan
Died June 13, 1948 (aged 38) • Tokyo • Japan
Notable Works “The Setting Sun”
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Japanese author
Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
Japanese author
Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality
Ōe Kenzaburō
Ōe Kenzaburō
Japanese writer
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese writer
Uno Chiyo
Japanese writer
Ihara Saikaku
Japanese author
Enchi Fumiko
Japanese author
Shiga Naoya
Japanese writer
akutagawa ryunosuke
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
Japanese author
Tanizaki Jun’ichirō
Japanese writer
Ariyoshi Sawako
Japanese author
Inoue Yasushi
Japanese writer
Mori Ōgai.
Mori Ōgai
Japanese author
Masamune Hakuchō.
Masamune Hakuchō
Japanese author
Satō Haruo
Japanese author
Ibuse Masuji
Japanese writer
Yokomitsu Riichi
Japanese writer
Hayashi Fumiko
Japanese author