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Nakajima Atsushi
(中島
敦,
May 5,
1909 -
December 4,
1942) is a
Japanese author.
He was born in
Tokyo. His father was a scholar specializing in the Chinese classics and
he communicated his enthusiasm to his son, who is known for poetic short
stories in distant historical settings.
He was sent to
Palau in 1941 to teach Japanese but returned in 1942 after being
tormented by severe asthma, and died later that year after contracting
pneumonia. He completed one major novel, "Light, Wind and Dreams", based on
the life of
Robert Louis Stevenson, and controversial short stories about
Micronesia.
- 狐憑
- 牛人
- 悟浄出世
- 悟浄歎異
- 山月記
- 南島譚
幸福
- 光と風と夢
- 名人伝
- 文字禍
- 李陵
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