Kenji Miyazawa

Japanese poet and author of children's literature.

Born August 27th, 1896 in Hanamaki.

Died September 21st, 1933 at 37 years old in Hanamaki (pneumonia).

Occupations
Esperantist, agronomist, children's writer, novelist, pedagogue, poet, prosaist, teacher, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner