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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 Tokyo (drug overdose).

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

Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi