Kenji Miyazawa
Details
Birth Date 27 Aug 1896
Place of Birth Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Personal Name Kenji Miyazawa
Also known as
- 宮沢 賢治
- 宮澤賢治
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.