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Ryōtarō Shiba

Japanese writer (1923–1996).

Born August 7th, 1923 in Osaka.

Died February 12th, 1996 at 72 years old in Osaka.

Occupations
journalist, novelist, writer

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner