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Enigmatic Life and Works of Osamu Dazai
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Across
  • 1. How Dazai often depicted his protagonists in society
  • 2. Literary device Dazai employs to explore identity and self
  • 3. City where Dazai spent much of his adult life and literary career
  • 4. Tokyo district associated with Bohemian and literary culture in Dazai’s era
  • 10. Japanese milieu that shaped much of Dazai's thematic focus
  • 12. Dazai's birth surname before taking pen name
  • 14. Color often symbolizing melancholy, prevalent in Dazai’s mood and tone
Down
  • 5. School Dazai attended which influenced his early writings
  • 6. Philosophical theme behind many of Dazai’s characters’ struggles
  • 7. Pen name composed of Osamu Dazai's original family name elements
  • 8. Novel about a girl escaping her past, one of Dazai's famous works
  • 9. Tragic theme often reflected in Dazai’s life and literature
  • 11. Dazai’s primary form of literary expression
  • 13. Nickname Dazai gave his wife, often appearing symbolically
  • 15. Gender whose struggles and perspectives appear strongly in Dazai’s writing

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