Mishima Yukio: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Hiraoka Kimitake
Born	January 14, 1925 • Tokyo • Japan
Died	November 25, 1970 (aged 45) • Tokyo • Japan
Notable Works	“Confessions of a Mask” • “Patriotism” • “Runaway Horses” • “Spring Snow” • “The Decay of the Angel” • “The Sea of Fertility” • “The Temple of Dawn” • “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”

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Masamune Hakuchō.

Masamune Hakuchō

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Zeami

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Izumi Kyōka.

Izumi Kyōka

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Kan’ami

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Kikuchi Kan

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Mushanokōji Saneatsu.

Mushanokōji Saneatsu

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Okamoto Kidō

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Komparu Zenchiku

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Miguel de Cervantes

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Voltaire

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D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

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Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

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Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

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Samuel Beckett, 1965

Samuel Beckett

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