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.

Troubled 20th century Japanese author Osamu Dazai has been reimagined in one Summer 2024 title, but why exactly does he keep coming up in anime?

The Japanese novelist’s dark-hearted comedies are at once unhinged and brilliant. Osamu Dazai, 1924. Where to begin the story? It’s tempting to start at the end—on the morning of Osamu Dazai ...

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 ...

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.

Discover how old the character Osamu Dazai is in Bungo Stray Dogs, alongside where you can watch the anime adaptation.

The Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai wrote, better than almost anyone, about the thin line between isolation and belonging.

Osamu Dazai, however, was one such figure who didn't fit the saint template. Born in 1909 into a large, wealthy family in Aomori Prefecture, Dazai had a sheltered upbringing, though his mother was ...