Quote of the day
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.
Kenji Miyazawa
Born: August 27, 1896
Died: September 21, 1933 (aged 37)
Bio: Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese poet and author of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods.
Known for:
- Night on the Galactic Railroad
- Ame ni mo Makezu
- Gauche the Cellist
- Yamanashi
- Night of the Milky Way Railway







