Futabatei Shimei

Japanese author, translator and literary critic.

Born February 28th, 1864. [ref]

Died May 10th, 1909 at 45 years old in Bay of Bengal (pneumonia, tuberculosis).

Occupations
Esperantist, journalist, novelist, translator, writer
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé