Kenji Miyazawa

★ Writing #5,286

1896 - 1933 (age 37) • Writing

Born: 8/27/1896 in Hanamakikawaguchi, Iwate, Japan [now Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan]

Died: 9/21/1933 (age 37)

Known for: Writing

Kenji Miyazawa

★ Writing #5,286

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.

Known For

Night on the Galactic Railroad

72%

Novel

1985

Gauche the Cellist

72%

Short Story

1982

The Restaurant of Many Orders

64%

Original Story

1991

The Life of Budori Gusuko

65%

Novel

2012

Monsters Club

60%

Poem

2011

Spring and Chaos

75%

Original Story

1996

The Night of Taneyamagahara

51%

Author

2006

Matasaburou of the Wind

64%

Creator

2016

The Bear Hunter

Book

2019

Matasaburou of the Wind

64%

Creator

2016

The Nighthawk Star

53%

Original Story

2013

Bungo: Stories of Desire

65%

Original Story

2012

Yodaka's Star

Novel

2012

The Life of Budori Gusuko

65%

Novel

2012

Monsters Club

60%

Poem

2011

The Bicycle Thief Was Bad

50%

Poem

2006

The Night of Taneyamagahara

51%

Author

2006

The Night of Taneyamagahara

51%

Lyricist

2006

The Celestial Railroad

68%

Original Story

2006

Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp

55%

Story

2003

The Restaurant of Many Orders

Original Story

2002

Gauche the Cellist

Original Story

1998

Spring and Chaos

75%

Original Story

1996

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

80%

Original Story

1996

Kenji's Trunk

Original Story

1996

The Cat Office

Original Story

1996

Twin Stars

Short Story

1996

The Life of Guskou Budori

57%

Novel

1994

Yukiwatari

Writer

1994

The Restaurant of Many Orders

50%

Writer

1993

The Restaurant of Many Orders

64%

Original Story

1991

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

65%

Novel

1989

The Acorns and the Wildcat

Author

1988

Matasaburo the Wind Boy

48%

Author

1988

Night on the Galactic Railroad

72%

Novel

1985

Gauche the Cellist

72%

Short Story

1982