Yukio Mishima was born on 14 January 1925 in Tokyo. A Japanese novelist, playwright and essayist, Mishima was among the most prominent writers of postwar Japan, and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include Confessions of a Mask, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and the tetralogy The Sea of Fertility, and explore beauty, death and identity. He also acted and directed in films, was a body-builder and practiced martial arts. A fervent nationalist, he formed a private army, the Tatenokai, and in 1970 he attempted to incite a coup at a military headquarters in Tokyo, after which he committed ritual suicide.
Before and after
- 1925Establishment of Virunga National Park
- 1925Publication of The Trial
- 1925Discovery of rhenium
- 1925Quantum mechanics is formulated
- 14 January 1925Birth of Yukio Mishima
- 26 January 1925Birth of Paul Newman
- 17 February 1925Birth of Hal Holbrook
- 12 March 1925Death of Sun Yat-sen
- 10 April 1925Publication of The Great Gatsby
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1925Rise of Art Deco
- 1 May 1931Construction of Empire State Building
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- 28 May 1937Construction of Golden Gate Bridge
- 20 May 1940Construction of Auschwitz
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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