In this blog post, we will carefully examine how Osamu Dazai’s repeated suicide attempts and Christian influences are reflected in his works, particularly ‘No Longer Human’ and ‘The Sound of the Wind’. Introduction Osamu Dazai (born Shuji Tsushima, 1909–1948) attempted suicide five times during his short life of 39 years and ultimately took his own life on his fifth...
Why Is Osamu Dazai’s ‘No Longer Human’ Still Read Today?
In this blog post, we will examine the reasons why Osamu Dazai’s posthumous work ‘No Longer Human’ has captivated readers for so many years, as well as the structure of the novel. Regarded as one of the two great novels of modern Japanese literature alongside Natsume Sōseki’s ‘Heart’, Dazai Osamu’s posthumous work ‘No Longer Human’, with its gloomy...
Why Was Osamu Dazai Compelled to Write ‘No Longer Human’?
In this blog post, we explore how Osamu Dazai’s sense of deprivation, frustration, addiction, and suicide attempts influenced his literary world—particularly the creation of ‘No Longer Human’. The Life of Osamu Dazai Osamu Dazai (太宰治) was born on June 19, 1909, in Kanagi Village, Kitatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan, as the tenth of eleven children...