Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1 Maart 1892 – 24 Julie 1927), artistieke naam Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人) was 'n Japannese skrywer wat aktief was tydens die Taishō periode in Japan.

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Gebore	1 Maart 1892
Sterf	24 Julie 1927 (op 35)
Nasionaliteit	Japan
Beroep	Skrywer

Hy word beskou as die "vader van die Japannese kortverhaal". Japan se mees luisterryke literêre toekenning, die Akutagawa-prys, is na hom vernoem.

Hy het op die ouderdom van 35 jaar selfmoord gepleeg deur 'n oordosis barbital te neem.

Keur uit sy werke

Jaar	Japannese titel	Engelse titel	Vertaler in Engels
1914	老年 Rōnen	Old Age	Ryan Choi
1915	羅生門 Rashōmon	Rashōmon	Jay Rubin
1916	鼻 Hana	The Nose	Jay Rubin
	芋粥 Imogayu	Yam Gruel
	手巾 Hankechi	The Handkerchief	Charles De Wolf
	煙草と悪魔 Tabako to Akuma	Tobacco and the Devil
1917	尾形了斎覚え書 Ogata Ryosai Oboe gaki	Dr. Ogata Ryosai: Memorandum
	戯作三昧 Gesakuzanmai	Absorbed in writing popular novels
	首が落ちた話 Kubi ga ochita hanashi	The Story of a Head That Fell Off	2004, Jay Rubin
1918	蜘蛛の糸 Kumo no Ito	The Spider's Thread	Jay Rubin
	地獄変 Jigokuhen	Hell Screen	Jay Rubin
	枯野抄 Kareno shō	A commentary on the desolate field for Bashou
	邪宗門 Jashūmon	Jashūmon
	奉教人の死 Hōkyōnin no Shi	The Death of a Disciple	Charles De Wolf
1919	魔術 Majutsu	Magic
	竜 Ryū	Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale	Jay Rubin
1920	舞踏会 Butou Kai	A ball
	秋 Aki	Autumn	Charles De Wolf
	南京の基督 Nankin no Kirisuto	Christ in Nanking
	杜子春 Toshishun	Tu Tze-chun
	アグニの神 Aguni no Kami	God of Aguni
1921	山鴫 Yama-shigi	A snipe
	秋山図 Shuzanzu	Autumn Mountain
	上海游記 Shanhai Yūki	A report on the journey of Shanghai
1922	藪の中 Yabu no Naka	In a Grove, ook In a Bamboo Grove
	将軍 Shōgun	The General
	トロッコ Torokko	A Lorry
1923	保吉の手帳から Yasukichi no Techō kara	From Yasukichi's notebook
1924	一塊の土 Ikkai no Tsuchi	A clod of earth
1925	大導寺信輔の半生 Daidōji Shinsuke no Hansei	Daidōji Shinsuke: The Early Years
	侏儒の言葉 Shuju no Kotoba	Aphorisms by a pygmy
1926	点鬼簿 Tenkibo	Death Register	Jay Rubin
1927	玄鶴山房 Genkaku Sanbō	Genkaku's room
	河童 Kappa	Kappa
	文芸的な、余りに文芸的な Bungeiteki na, amarini Bungeiteki na	Literary, All-Too-Literary
	歯車 Haguruma	Spinning Gears	Jay Rubin	ook Cogwheels	Charles De Wolf
	或阿呆の一生 Aru Ahō no Isshō	Fool's Life	Jay Rubin	ook 'The Life of a Fool"	Charles De Wolf
	西方の人 Saihō no Hito	The Man of the West
	或旧友へ送る手記 Aru Kyūyū e Okuru Shuki	A Note to a Certain Old Friend

Keur uit sy werke wat vertaal is

• Tales of Grotesque and Curious. Vert. Glenn W. Shaw. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1930.

Tobacco and the devil.--The nose.--The handkerchief.--Rashōmon.--Lice.--The spider's thread.--The wine worm.--The badger.--The ball.--The pipe.--Mōri Sensei.

• "The Christ of Nanking" (Nankyo no Kirisuto). Vert. Ivan Morris. In The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Volume 1: From Rsotriation to Occupation, 1868-1945. New York: Columbia University Press (2005).
• Fool's Life. Vert. Will Peterson Grossman (1970). ISBN 0-670-32350-0
• Kappa. Vert. Geoffrey Bownas. Peter Owen Publishers (2006) ISBN 0-7206-1200-4
• Hell Screen. Vert. H W Norman. Greenwood Press. (1970) ISBN 0-8371-3017-4
• Mandarins. Vert. Charles De Wolf. Archipelago Books (2007) ISBN 0-9778576-0-3
• Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories. Vert. Jay Rubin. Penguin Classics (2004). ISBN 0-14-303984-9
• Travels in China (Shina yuki). Vert. Joshua Fogel. Chinese Studies in History 30, no. 4 (1997).
• TuTze-Chun. Kodansha International (1965). ASIN B0006BMQ7I
• La fille au chapeau rouge. Vert. Lalloz red. Picquier (1980). ISBN 978-2-87730-200-5 (Franse uitgawe)
• "পটচিত্র : নরক ও অন্যান্য গল্প"। অনুবাদ শেখর মৈত্র, আনন্দ পাবলিশার্স প্রাইভেট লিমিটেড (২০১২), ISBN 978-93-5040-154-5 (Bangla/Bengali uitgawe).