NMLP P-045744 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai · Chikuma Shobō, Tokyo · 1948

Original-language true first is Chikuma Shobō (Tokyo, 1948). The first English edition is New Directions (US, 1958), which precedes the first UK edition (Peter Owen, London, 1959) — US precedes UK.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045744 for "No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045744, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).