Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Born: July 24, 1886
Died: July 30, 1965 (aged 79)
Bio: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, and perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki. Some of his works present a shocking world of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions.
Known for:
- The Makioka Sisters (1949)
- In Praise of Shadows (1933)
- Naomi (1947)
- Quicksand (1931)
- Some Prefer Nettles (1929)