Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

personal-info

known-for

Writing

gender

Male

birthday

1925-01-14

place-of-birth

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

also-known-as

Kimitake Hiraoka
Mishima Yukio
Юкио Мисима

biography

Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫 Mishima Yukio) is the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威 Hiraoka Kimitake, a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, and film director. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century.