- Born
- Died
- Birth nameShuji Tsushima
- Dazai was born of a rich and mighty family in North Japan in 1909. In 1930, he went to Tokyo to study French literature, but he spent most of his time writing. It was not until his third attempt at suicide in 1935 that his stories were published. His final, and this time, successful, attempt at suicide was in 1948.
- IMDb mini biography by: Walter Provo
- SpousesMichiko Ishihara(January 8, 1939 - 1948) (his death, 3 children)Hatsuyo Koyama(1931 - 1937) (divorced)
- Children
- Victims of a transitional period of morality. That is what we both certainly are.
- I have no sense of realism. And that this very fact might be what permits me to go on living sends cold chills through my whole body.
- In spite of my suffering, at the thought that I was sure to end up by killing myself, I cried aloud and burst into tears.
- Last year nothing happened / The year before nothing happened / And the year before that nothing happened.
- They say that people who like summer flowers die in the summer. I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die four times over again.
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