Yukio Mishima

Born

January 14, 1925

Died

November 25, 1970 (aged 45)

Known as

writer, prose writer, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, poet

Kimitake Hiraoka , known by his pen name Yukio Mishima , 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.

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