Miekichi Suzuki

Template:Short description Template:Infobox writer Template:Nihongo was a Japanese novelist and author of children's stories from Hiroshima.

Biography

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Memorial of Miekichi Suzuki in Hiroshima

Suzuki was born in Hiroshima. He studied English literature at Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), and later launched a children's literature magazine called 赤い鳥 (Akai tori / Red Bird) in 1918.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Unusually for its time, the journal emphasized learning from observation and experience rather than rote learning, and focused on everyday language as much as ceremonial language.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 196 issues were published.

Major works

Suzuki's major works include:

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See also

• Japanese literature
• List of Japanese authors

External links

• e-texts of Miekichi Suzuki's works at Aozora Bunko Template:In lang
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