Akutagawa was born on this day

 

And we are going to celebrate!!
By taking some barbiturates...

Akutagawa Ryunosuke - Aozora Bunko

As I promised, I finished an outline of Akutagawa biography, and now, I'm giving the links to Aozora Bunko. All texts are in Japanese, sorted according to japanese kana order.
Aozora Bunko is open source for texts, and that is why I love it^^. Worth it.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

                                   

I hope this to be growing biography of one of the best writers in the world. I am addicted, I cannot be cured. I do not want to be cured. And for those who can read Japanese, I will put up a link to Aozora Bunko, where His works are stored, easy to browse. Do not read it in English if you don't have to. There is something in his writings (short most of it, I don't count the reports from China) that makes the reader unable to turn back from the path leading to further reading. Even in his weaker works he managed to do better than some other writers in their best.

Yes, I lost my objectivity and sense of literary criticism, but when it comes to Akutagawa Ryunosuke, it is like Rimbaud Arthur - one cannot criticize them in my presence.

 ***In wind reeking of duckweed, a butterfly flashed. Only for an instant, on his dry lips he felt the touch of the butterfly wings. But years afterward, on his lips, the wing's imprinted dust still glittered***