Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Osamu Dazai
Born: June 19, 1909
Died: June 13, 1948 (aged 38)
Bio: Osamu Dazai was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun and No Longer Human, are considered modern-day classics in Japan.
Known for:
- No Longer Human (1948)
- The Setting Sun (1947)
- Run, Melos! (1946)
- The schoolgirl
- Return to Tsugaru