“Called a good-for-nothing by everyone, not praised by anyone, not a burden to anyone, such a person I want to be.”

About Kenji Miyazawa

Author • Japanese

Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese novelist, poet, and author of children's literature in the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was also known as an agricultural science teacher, a vegetarian, cellist, and devout...