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Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944, and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask (1949). From then until his death, he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy—which contains the novels Spring Snow (1969), Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971)—is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth-century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of forty-five and the day after completing the last novel in the Fertility series, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide)—a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.
Life for Sale
The Frolic of the Beasts
Five Modern No Plays
Thirst for Love
After the Banquet
Forbidden Colors
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Sound of Waves
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Runaway Horses
Spring Snow
The Temple of Dawn
The Decay of the Angel

Books

Life for Sale
The Frolic of the Beasts
Five Modern No Plays
Thirst for Love
After the Banquet
Forbidden Colors
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Sound of Waves
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Runaway Horses
Spring Snow
The Temple of Dawn
The Decay of the Angel