Atsushi Nakajima was born in Yotsuya ward, Tokyo on 5 May 1909, into a family of Confucian scholars with his father, … See more

His literary career started very early into his life. After graduating from his school in Seoul, he joined the Tokyo First Higher School's (第一高等学校) literary program where he began writing fiction. In 1927 he began publi… See more

In 1933, he accepted a teaching position at Yokohama Girls' Higher School. During his time in the School, Nakajima was exposed to more of western literature, such as the works of Blaise Pascal, Anatole France and Robert Loui… See more

In 1941, he resigned from his teaching job and joined the Japanese government working as an editor for a Japanese language textbook set to be published in Palau. He believed that the warmer climate in Palau wo… See more

In 1942, Nakajima contracted pneumonia after returning from Palau. While bedridden for two months, he published "Light, Wind and Dreams," a fictionalized biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. The story was critically ac… See more

A character based on Atsushi Nakajima is featured in the manga series Bungo Stray Dogs, where major literary figures from Japan and across the world are presented as teenagers and young adults. In the series, Nak… See more