Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫) was the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威), a Japanese author, poet and playwright, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku.
At age six, Mishima enrolled in elite Peers School (Gakushuin 学習院). At 12, Mishima began to write his first stories. He read voraciously the works of Oscar Wilde, Rainer Maria Rilke and numerous classic Japanese authors. After six years at school, he became the youngest member of the editorial board in its literary society. Mishima was attracted to the works of Tachihara Michizō, which in turn created an appreciation for the classical form of the waka. Mishima's first published works included waka poetry, before he turned his attention to prose.
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Fiction, Japan, fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Translations into English, Fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Littérature japonaise, Bushido, Conduct of life, Near and far eastern drama (dramatic works by one author), Teenage boys, Belletristische Darstellung, Bushidō, Gay authors, Gay men, Gay men, fiction, Gay youth, Hagakure (Yamamoto, Tsunetomo), Japanese Psychological fiction, Japanese drama, Japanese literature, LGBTQ novels before Stonewall, Morale pratique, No plays, SamouraïPeople
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), Yukio Mishima, Georges Bataille (1897-1962), Kochan, Tsunetomo Yamamoto (1659-1719), Yukio Mishima (1925-1970,)ID Numbers
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