In the same year that he graduated from university, his first short stories including "The Imo-gruel" and "The Handkerchief" were published.
In the same year that he graduated from university, his first short stories including "The Imo-gruel" and "The Handkerchief" were published. The story "Kesa and Morito" concerns a man driven to kill a man he doesn't hate by a lover he doesn't love. In the satiric "Kappa", he writes a fairy tale about elves, and is meant to reflect on his native society. His suicide note contains allusions to the suicides of luminaries such as Empedocles and Heinrich von Kleist, and is famously titled, "A Note to a Certain Old Friend." One of his stories, "In a Grove" was combined with another in a film adaptation. For 10 points, identify the Japanese author for whom a literary prize is named, the author of "Rashomon."
In the same year that he graduated from university, his first short stories including "The Imo-gruel" and "The Handkerchief" were published.
{Akutagawa} Ryunosuke