Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (5 books)

(18921927)

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芥川 龍之介(あくたがわ りゅうのすけ、1892年3月1日 - 1927年7月24日)は、日本の小説家。号は澄江堂主人、俳号は我鬼を用いた。 その作品の多くは短編で、「芋粥」「藪の中」「地獄変」「歯車」など、『今昔物語集』『宇治拾遺物語』などの古典から題材をとったものが多い。「蜘蛛の糸」「杜子春」など、童話も書いた。 1927年7月24日未明、友人にあてた遺書に「唯ぼんやりした不安」との理由を残し、服毒自殺。35歳という年齢であった。後に、芥川の業績を記念して菊池寛が芥川龍之介賞を設けた。戒名は懿文院龍之介日崇居士。 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke) (March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) was a Japanese writer active in Taishō period Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japa... (more)

 

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Hadrien
Hadrien
on Oct 06, 2009 at 12:03

Fixed.


morgaladh
morgaladh
on Oct 06, 2009 at 00:22

It looks like there's some confusion about dates of birth for this author...



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In a Grove

In a Grove

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section s...

羅生門 (rashoumon)

羅生門 (rashoumon)

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

"Rashōmon" (Japanese: 羅生門) is a short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū. A man considering whether or not to become a thief meets a woman stealing hair from corpses. ...

Rashoumon

Rashoumon

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

"Rashōmon" (Japanese: 羅生門) is a short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū. A man considering whether or not to become a thief meets a woman stealing hair from corpses. ...

鼻 (hana)

鼻 (hana)

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Zenchi Naigu is a Buddhist priest during Japan’s Heian period. He is ascribed the “wisdom of zen”, but is more concerned with diminishing his ungainly, large, and dangling nose. The story is mainly a comment...

藪の中 (yabu no naka)

藪の中 (yabu no naka)

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section s...