Nagai Kafu, Japanese Writer(1879-1959)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Nagai Sōkichi
• Known as: Nagai Kafu
• Birth: December 3, 1879, Tokyo, Japan
• Death: April 30, 1959, Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Language: Japanese
• Who he was: Japanese novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and diarist; Ude Kurabe (Geisha in Rivalry); Amerika Monogatari (American Stories); Sumidagawa (Sumida River); Bokuto Kidan (A Strange Tale from East of the River); films The Strange Story of Oyuki; Bungō: Sasayaka na yokubō; Yume no onna (Yearning)

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