Osamu Dazai, 1924. (Courtesy of ... A conversation with the German sociologist about the challenges that face Europe and his polarizing views on how to roll back the excesses of globalization.

Osamu Dazai’s 1935 novella “The Flowers of Buffoonery” shares a protagonist, the young, wannabe writer Yozo Oba, with the author’s modern classic novel “No Longer Human,” released more ...

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. February 7, 2025 ...