"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

August 2024

Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) was a Japanese writer known for his deeply personal, existential, and often autobiographical fiction, and one of the most significant authors in modern Japanese literature. A pen name for Shūji Tsushima, Osamu Dazai was born into a wealthy family in Kanagi and his life...