Is a Japanese writer who was born on March 1, 1892 and died on July 24, 1927. He was also known as "The Father of Japanese short story" and commited suicide at the age of 35 by overdosing on barbital.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa was born in Tokyo, in the Kyobashi district. He was the third child and only son in his family and his parents were Toshizo Niihara (father) and Fuku Niihara (mother). In 1910, Akutagawa went to high school and he began writing when he entered Tokyo Imperial University in 1913- there he studied English literature. He Married Fumi Tsukamoto in 1918, whom he had three children with; Hiroshi Akutagawa, Takahashi Akutagawa, and Yasushi Akutagawa.
While he was still a student, Akutagawa published his first short story Rashomon in Teikoku Bungaku - a literary magazine. After receiving much praise from author Nutsume Soseki, he considered himself his diciple. Akutagawa then visited every thursday for Soseki's literary circle. This was also the time when he started writing haiku.
He then published Hana in 1916 in Shinshico. A series of his short stories then followed. Some of these short stories were: A Life Devoted to Gesaku (1917), Gleanings from a Withered Field (1918), Hell Screen (1918), The Death of a Christian (1918), and The ball (1920).
Akutagawa was much opposed to naturalism. His stories Mandarin Oranges (1919) and Autumn (1920) have much more modern settings.
In 1921, Akutagawa spent four months in China to report for the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun. When he returned, he admitted that the trip was stressful and that he then suffered from various illnesses. Shortly after, he published In A Grove (1922).
Some of his final works were Kappa (1927), Spinning Gears (1927), A Fool's Life, and Literary, Much Too Literary (1927). Akutagawa tried committing suicide twice and succeeded the second time by an overdose of barbital, which was given to him by Saito Mokichi on July 24, 1927. He died at the age of 35.
Over his life, Akutagawa wrote more than 150 stories. The classic film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa was based on his short story, In A Grove.
Akutagawa was much opposed to naturalism. His stories Mandarin Oranges (1919) and Autumn (1920) have much more modern settings.
In 1921, Akutagawa spent four months in China to report for the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun. When he returned, he admitted that the trip was stressful and that he then suffered from various illnesses. Shortly after, he published In A Grove (1922).
Some of his final works were Kappa (1927), Spinning Gears (1927), A Fool's Life, and Literary, Much Too Literary (1927). Akutagawa tried committing suicide twice and succeeded the second time by an overdose of barbital, which was given to him by Saito Mokichi on July 24, 1927. He died at the age of 35.
Over his life, Akutagawa wrote more than 150 stories. The classic film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa was based on his short story, In A Grove.
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