Kenji Miyazawa
Birth date
August 27, 1896
Death date
September 21, 1933
Place of birth
Hanamakikawaguchi, Iwate, Japan [now Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan]
Profession
Writing
Age
37 years
Biography
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.
Also known as
宮沢 賢治宮澤賢治
