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Peng Yi
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Speaking of Kenji Miyazawa, many people think that he is a fairy tale writer. In fact, in Japan, Kenji Miyazawa's position goes far beyond children's literature. Many of his works are far beyond the scope of ordinary children's literature. For example, his most famous fantasy masterpiece "Night on the Galaxy Railway" is obscure in theme and image, which hides too many mysteries. Not to mention a child, even adults may not understand it.
This is the charm of Kenji Miyazawa's works. In Japan, dozens of scholars have devoted their lives to the study of Kenji Miyazawa. They not only published the Dictionary of Kenji Miyazawa Studies and the Dictionary of Kenji Miyazawa Vocabulary, but also published hundreds of research books. Because of the staggering figures, the Japanese even published a catalogue of Kenji Miyazawa's works and research books. According to the statistics of Kenji Miyazawa Institution, by the first half of 2002, there were 9,374 papers and works about Kenji Miyazawa. For a writer, this can be said to be an astronomical figure.
In fact, the real readers of Kenji Miyazawa are still adults.
Japan's Asahi Shimbun once conducted a survey in which readers voted freely to choose "your favorite Japanese writer in this millennium". Kenji Miyazawa ranks fourth, far ahead of Osamu Dazai and Junichiro Tanizaki. ...