About the Author, Yukio Mishima
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima[a] (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, ultranationalist,[7][8][9][10] and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku (ritual suicide). Article source: Wikipedia.
