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Akiyuki Nosaka
October 10, 1930 – December 9, 2015
Japanese novelist, singer and politician (1930-2015)
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Akiyuki Nosaka was a Japanese novelist, journalist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name Yukio Aki and his alias as a chanson singer was Claude Nosaka . He wrote the short story "Grave of the Fireflies" based on his experiences in the wake of American bombing during the Second World War; the short story has been adapted into both an animated film and a live-action film.
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- Birthday · October 10
- Anniversary · December 9
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