Which Japanese author wrote the semi-autobiographical novels No Longer Human and The Setting Sun before committing suicide in 1948?

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Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai is a master of the "I-novel," a genre where authors use their own lives as direct inspiration for their fiction. His most famous work, No Longer Human, is the second-best-selling novel in Japanese history and remains a definitive exploration of social alienation. A haunting coincidence of his life is that his body was discovered on June 19th, 1948, which was also his 39th birthday.

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