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..he understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Age: 35 †
Born: 1892
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Tokyo
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
Akutagawa Ryunosuke
Ryuunosuke Akutagawa
Deeply
Understood
Anyone
Else
Jaunty
Lurked
Beneath
Mask
Loneliness

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