Mishima Yukio

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Also Known As	Hiraoka Kimitake
Born	January 14, 1925 • Tokyo • Japan
Died	November 25, 1970 (aged 45) • Tokyo • Japan • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Notable Works	“Confessions of a Mask” • “Patriotism” • “Runaway Horses” • “Spring Snow” • “The Decay of the Angel” • “The Sea of Fertility” • “The Temple of Dawn” • “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”

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Japanese author

Masamune Hakuchō.

Masamune Hakuchō

Japanese author

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Zeami

Japanese playwright

Izumi Kyōka.

Izumi Kyōka

Japanese author

Kan’ami

Japanese actor, playwright, and musician

Kikuchi Kan

Japanese author

Mushanokōji Saneatsu.

Mushanokōji Saneatsu

Japanese writer and painter

Okamoto Kidō

Japanese drama critic

Komparu Zenchiku

Japanese nō dramatist

Kume Masao

Japanese author

Komparu Zempō

Japanese nō dramatist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Voltaire

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

James Joyce

James Joyce

Irish author

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Irish author