Quote of the day
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Born: March 1, 1892
Died: July 24, 1927 (aged 35)
Bio: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story" and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him.
Known for:
- Rashōmon (1915)
- Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
- Hell Screen (1918)
- In a Grove (1922)
- Kappa







