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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Japanese writer (1892–1927).

Born March 1st, 1892 in Tokyo.

Died July 24th, 1927 at 35 years old in Tabata.

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story writer, writer

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir