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「無頼派」「新戯作派」の破滅型作家を代表する昭和初期の小説家、太宰治による随筆。初出は「東京毎日新聞」［1940（昭和15）年］。長与善郎による文芸時評での、新人は基本作因に自信が無い、という指摘に対する返答。太宰は、私たちは自信の無さを汚点だと思っておらず、むしろ、このような自信の無さから前例の無い花を咲かせると宣言する。 「東京毎日新聞 第一九四五七号」1940（昭和15）年6月2日
Authors
Osamu DAZAI (native name: 太宰治, real name Shūji Tsushima) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan. With a semi-autobiographical style and transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, and postwar Japan.
