Mishima biography

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On this day a century ago, Kimitake Hiraoka was born in Tokyo. Better known by his nom de plume of Yukio Mishima, he became one of Japan’s most revered and prolific authors thanks to novels such as Confessions of a Mask, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and The Sea of Fertility tetralogy.

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