I stand with my CAPAC colleagues in condemning gun violence and supporting the AAPI community as we remember this tragic day.

Originally written in 1948 and based closely on Dazai’s own life.Despite his troubled life and rebellious spirit.

where she became involved in translation and teaching.he made three suicide attempts.Dazai’s life ended early in a double suicide with a married lover.

Osamu DazaiOsamu Dazai (1909-1948) was the pen name of Shuji Tsushima.Japan’s ultimate bad boy novelist.

She is professor emeritus at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto and has received numerous awards for her translation work.

Dazai wrote in simple and colloquial style.many twenty-something Japanese women migrated to places like Southern California with few skills and an overall lack of human capital.

She also wrote and produced the documentary Asian America.members of the Shin Issei community.

Shin Issei women tell stories of precarity.and the Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring and Teaching from the UCLA Asian American Studies Graduate Student Association.