Osamu Dazai

Japanese novelist of No Longer Human and The Flowers of Buffoonery. For Grant he is the example of dwelling on pain until there is no desire left; Tamir defends the book's purposeful self-indulgence.

Where it appears 3

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  the elixir of authenticityEp 7 · with Colin Gerrard

  Japanese novelist whose character with no aspirations, using self-mockery as a mask, Tamir cites as an example of inauthenticity born of misery.

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  merchant of masksEp 6 · with Logan Macnair

  Japanese novelist. Tamir brings him up as the writer of 'clowning': ridiculing yourself to please others out of insecurity, until it breaks you.

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  the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway

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Connections

Mentioned alongside

• Mishima dismissed DazaiGrant Shipway · Ep 2 · 33:08

  Tamir describes Dazai and Mishima as UFC-like rivals; Grant recalls reading that Mishima was dismissive of Dazai as a person, saying there was nothing to get from him. Both admit they may…

Wrote

• No Longer Human
• The Flowers of Buffoonery

Related

• No Longer Human
• Yukio Mishima