A Highly-Regarded Man of Letters

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Somewhere in an old issue of Monkey Business, a journal of Japanese fiction, an editor was introduced as

A Highly-Regarded Man of Letters A Highly-Regarded Man of Letters | pketh.org About Archives RSS Kinopio Nov ’14 A Highly-Regarded Man of Letters life Somewhere in an old issue of Monkey Business , a journal of Japanese fiction, an editor was introduced as Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most highly regarded men of letters. Something about the description stuck with me ever since. I imagine that, at a dinner party, if Mr. Shibata was asked what he did, he would still probably describe himself as an editor and translator. Being described as a highly regarded man of letters, works only to the e

A Highly-Regarded Man of Letters

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