Yukio Mishima

was a Japanese writer, poet, playwright, actor and film director. One of his close friends was Yasunari Kawabata. On November 25, 1970, he tried to make a coup d'état for military force but in vain and killed himself via seppuku.
Early life.
Mishima studied at the elite . When he was child, he stuttered. 
In 1941, Mishima wrote his first notable story. In , he described a feeling that his ancestors lived within him.
Mishima graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1947. 
Career.
Mishima worked in the Japanese Ministry of Finance. At the same time, he was writing. 
In 1949, he published his first major novel, "Confessions of a mask."
Selected works.
In a summary based on writings by and about Yukio Mishima, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 1,700+ works in 4,400+ publications in 40+ languages and 56,600+ library holdings.