Kenji Miyazawa

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.

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