Osamu Dazai vs. Anton Chekhov
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Osamu Dazai
1909 – 1948
Osamu Dazai was a Japanese novelist and short story writer known for semi-autobiographical works such as No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, which explore alienation and existential despair. He is regarded as one of Japan's foremost 20th-century writers.
"This I want to believe implicitly: Man was born for love and revolution."
Anton Chekhov
1860 – 1904
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.
"We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well."