Mori Ōgai

Japanese general and novelist (1862-1922).

Born February 17th, 1862 in Tsuwano.

Died July 9th, 1922 at 60 years old in Tokyo (infectious disease).

Occupations
linguist, literary critic, military personnel, novelist, physician, physician writer, playwright, poet, translator
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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