Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was a Japanese writer, novelist and screenwriter.
Also recorded as Ryunosuke Akutagawa · Akutagawa Ryūnosuke · Akutagawa Ryunosuke · Ryuunosuke Akutagawa
堀辰雄・葛巻義敏・芥川比呂志 編集『芥川龍之介作品集第6巻』 · Public domain
Biography
Recorded at birth as 新原 龍之介.
Also worked under the name 我鬼 and 柳川 隆之助.
Born at Tokyo in 1892, died in Tabata in 1927.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa studied at University of Tokyo. Training under Natsume Sōseki is recorded. The recorded working language is English and Japanese.
Works named in the authority record are The Nose, Rashōmon, Hell Screen, In a Grove, Spinning Gears and The Spider's Thread.
大正5年頃の久米正雄、松岡譲、芥川龍之介、成瀬正一。堀辰雄・葛巻義敏・芥川比呂志 編集『芥川龍之介作品集第1巻』より。
堀辰雄・葛巻義敏・芥川比呂志 編集『芥川龍之介作品集第1巻』
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