Miyazawa Kenji, Japanese Poet and Children's Author(1896-1933)

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• Name: Miyazawa Kenji
• Birth: August 27, 1896, Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
• Death: September 21, 1933, Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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• Who he was: Japanese poet and author of children's literature such as Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru (Night on the Galactic Railroad); Kaze no Matasaburo (Matasaburo of the Wind); Sero Hiki no Goshu (Gauche the Cellist); Taneyamagahara no Yoru (The Night of Taneyamagahara); Gusukō Budori no Denki (The Life of Guskō Budori); poems Spring and Asura

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