Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist and model considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times in the 1960s. His works include the novels Confessions of a Mask and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and the autobiographical essay Sun and Steel, characterized by a luxurious vocabulary, a fusion of traditional Japanese and modern Western literary styles, and an obsessive fascination with beauty, eroticism and death. In 1970 Mishima led a private militia in an unsuccessful attempt to inspire a coup d'etat at a Tokyo military base, an episode that ended in his ritual suicide by seppuku. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AwardACA National Arts Festival, 1965. 1 AwardKishida Theatre Award, 1955. 1 AwardMainichi art award, 1964. 1 AwardShinchosha literature award, 1954. 1 Awardstar on Playwrights' Sidewalk. 1 Classification
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14 January 1925 - 25 November 1970
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Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist and model considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times in the 1960s.
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Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: Shinchosha literature award
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: Kishida Theatre Award
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: Yomiuri Prize
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: Mainichi art award
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: ACA National Arts Festival
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: Golden Arrow Award
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
Award: star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925-25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language.
View the Source Confessions of a Mask (Wikipedia)
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Confessions of a Mask...is the second novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Wikipedia)
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion...is a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
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