Anime and manga frequently pay homage to Osamu Dazai, a troubled Japanese literary figure with a unique life story and dark themes. Dazai's works, like "No Longer Human," reflect personal ...

Osamu Dazai’s bleak prose was matched only by his own misery. The Japanese writer’s short-story collection “No One Knows” shows why he was the master of melancholy.

A portrait drawn by literary giant Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) has gone on display for the first time since it was created more than 70 years ago.

The Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai wrote, better than almost anyone, about the thin line between isolation and belonging. By Jane Yong Kim. Illustration by The Atlantic. July 6, 2023.

The author Osamu Dazai committed suicide — several times. The first was on a cold December night in 1929, just before his school exams. But the overdose of sleeping pills he took was not enough ...

Osamu Dazai, however, was one such figure who didn't fit the saint template. Major Japanese cultural figures often become subjects of films when big birth or death anniversaries roll around.