Francois Mauriac influenced his this author's early novel Thirst for Love. His plays include Tenth Day Chrysanthemum and his final work, Moon Like a Drawn Bow, which ends in ritualistic suicide. He showed ultra-conservative tendencies in the works Sun and Steel and My Friend Hitler, though he is better known for books such 
Francois Mauriac influenced his this author's early novel Thirst for Love. His plays include Tenth Day Chrysanthemum and his final work, Moon Like a Drawn Bow, which ends in ritualistic suicide. He showed ultra-conservative tendencies in the works Sun and Steel and My Friend Hitler, though he is better known for books such as The Sailor Who Feel Fell from Grace with the Sea and a book in which he explored his sexuality, Confessions of a Mask. For 10 points, name this Japanese author who committed suicide by seppuku in 1970, the author of The Sea of Fertility tetralogy and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
Francois Mauriac influenced his this author's early novel Thirst for Love.
Yukio {Mishima} [accept Kimitaka {Hiraoka}; allow reverse names for both answers]