Yukio Mishima Books In English. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Mishima yukio, pseudonym of hiraoka kimitake, (born january 14, 1925, tokyo, japan—died november 25, 1970, tokyo), prolific writer who is regarded by many critics as the most important japanese novelist of the 20th century.
Forbidden colors (paperback) published february 22nd 1999 by vintage books. He also, as many know, committed seppuku, which is a ritual form of suicide involving disembowelling and beheading. Mishima was the son of a high civil servant and attended the aristocratic peers school in tokyo.
Crucially, in terms of this review, he was said to have claimed prior to the act that one should only commit seppuku on a beautiful body.
We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Who was yukio mishima really? The temple of dawn by yukio mishima: Mishima yukio, pseudonym of hiraoka kimitake, (born january 14, 1925, tokyo, japan—died november 25, 1970, tokyo), prolific writer who is regarded by many critics as the most important japanese novelist of the 20th century.