
Kenji Miyazawa
Born
August 27, 1896
Died
September 21, 1933 (37 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Kenji Miyazawa was a poet and author of novelist in early Showa period Japan. Many of his children's works, that appear superficially to be light or humorous, contain stories intended for moral education of the reader.
A number of his children's stories have been adapted into animated movies in Japan.