Scott-Stokes, Henry, The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 1974.

This is the first biography of Mishima published in the west, and it was written by a friend of the author's.

Yourcenar, Marguerite, Mishima: A Vision of the Void, translated by Alberto Manguel, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 1986.

In this essay, the noted French writer discusses Mishima's work and life and the often blurred boundary between them.