Kenjiro Haitani

Kenjiro Haitani (灰谷 健次郎, Haitani Kenjirō, October 31, 1934 – November 23, 2006) was a Japanese author of children's literature.[1]

He was the author of Usagi no me ("A Rabbit's Eyes")[2] and Taiyo no Ko ("Children of the Sun"), both best-sellers.[3]

Haitani died of esophageal cancer on 23 November 2006, aged 72. According to his wishes, no funeral services were held.[4]

References
  1. Okiko Miyake, Diane Biesel, Children's Rights in the Multimedia Age Proceedings of the Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Children's Literature (1997), p. 26
  2. "A Rabbit's Eyes (Paperback)." Amazon.com.
  3. Sybille A. Jagusch, Window on Japan: Japanese Children's Books and Television Today (1990), p. 24
  4. The Japan Times, Obituary: Kenjiro Haitani (November 24, 2006)
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