5/8/2023 0 Comments No longer human novelHe then went to Tokyo Imperial University to study French literature, but he was expelled for not going to class. He survived and was ultimately able to graduate the following year. Dazai started spending his money on alcohol and sex workers, and-two years later-he tried to take his own life. However, he soon lost all interest in school when one of his favorite writers, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, died by suicide in 1927. Dazai eventually went on to study literature at Hirosaki University, where he edited and wrote for several student publications. As one of the richest landowners in the Aomori Prefecture, Dazai’s father became a politician in Japan’s House of Peers, which ultimately meant he was absent for most of Dazai’s childhood-he died of lung cancer shortly before Dazai entered high school in 1923. He belonged to a large family that was wealthy and influential, having found success in moneylending. The famous Japanese author known by the penname Osamu Dazai was born with the name Shūji Tsushima in 1909.
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