#osamudazai — Public Fediverse posts

The popular cozy and quirky fiction showed no signs of decline, but there were two big surprises from two ghostly figures — Uketsu and Osamu Dazai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/14/books/japanese-literature-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #japaneseliterature #2025inreview #translatedliterature #fiction #uketsu #osamudazai #sayakamurata #akutagawaprize

“There’s a strange closeness you feel when reading (Osamu) Dazai, as if you know him, as a friend,” says "Retrograde" translator Leo Elizabeth Takada. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/22/books/osamu-dazai-new-translations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #osamudazai #translation #japaneseliterature #books #literature #sambett #davidboyd

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 -

While Booth offers more hour-to-hour details and less reflection than I would like, his travelogue of walking rural Japan through its literary and military history is remarkable, memorable, and genuinely enlightening.

https://buff.ly/4fS5PcW

#bookreviews #books #bookworm #readreadread #alanbooth #lookingforthelost #travelogue #japan #ruraljapan #osamudazai

Un #cuento estremecedor del #narrador japonés Osamu Dazai, autor de "Indigno de ser humano".
Dentro de la #antología virtual de mi sitio #LasHistorias.
https://www.lashistorias.com.mx/index.php/ubasute-cuento-osamu-dazai/

#OsamuDazai #literatura #libroverso #literaverso #cuentos #narrativa #NarrativaBreve

Dazai’s School Notebooks, including his doodles of his wife and Akutagawa Ryunosuke, are now available over at the Internet Archive:

https://yobanashicafe.com/2024/12/04/dazais-school-notebooks/

#YobanashiCafe #dazaiosamu #dazai #osamudazai #akutagawa #JapaneseLiterature

Just saw a really wonderful review for Retrogression that lifted my spirits!

"...you can clearly feel the translator's dedication and willingness to portray Dazai in the right way..."

Full review: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCzd9xQIi2P

#YobanashiCafe #osamudazai #dazai

I really really like #comics, #art, #animation and #conventions.
I mainly listen to #vocaloid, #jpop (early #2000s-early #2010s?) and #electronic music (many subgenres, but my fav is #chiptune!).
My fav characters are #OsamuDazai, #hatsunemiku, #metaknight and #jackinabox
My other hobbies besides drawing and writing are #photography, #magazines and I occasionally like reading national #newspaper and random #tv stuff (national too!)

Human Lost by Dazai Osamu is now up and available to read for free on Yobanashi Café.

A candid account of his time in Musashino Hospital, it was the first time Dazai used the term 'no longer human' and includes words scribbled on the walls of his cell.

https://yobanashicafe.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/human-lost/

#YobanashiCafe #dazai #osamudazai

Satō Haruo on #Dazai Osamu:

"He has the kind of romantic spirit of a selfish, good-for-nothing wastrel, but more than that, he has let this seep deep down into the very marrow of his being. The uninhibited yet fragile self flows out of control, and it is the lot in life of this particular variety of man to continually contemplate himself until his self-awareness becomes intertwined with his bones."

Source: https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001763/files/58593_64940.html

#JapaneseLiterature #OsamuDazai #LearningJapanese

Thanks, past me, I definitely know what you mean by "sheep book" 😑 Really appreciate your thorough referencing system in this difficult time.

#JapaneseLiterature #OsamuDazai #Dazai #Japanese #Academia