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I'd like Mahmoud Darwish to be correct - he's a noteworthy figure and it would be an interesting choice by the question master.

I just don't think it can be.

Agreed. Defo Japan. Not one of the big four haiku chaps as they were all born too early. So possibly someone like Kenji Miyazawa as he's inspired some of the better known anime... Or maybe Akutagawa... Or someone completely different

Whoever chooses the last question has to make it a good one

Free guess:

Yukio Mishima

Sure why not. Free guess:

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Should we make the last question "did he die by suicide"? The answer is yes for both of the free guesses (respectively autodisembowelment and drug overdose) so if both guesses are wrong I think this would be a good question.

LouisYuan wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:17 am

Should we make the last question "did he die by suicide"? The answer is yes for both of the free guesses (respectively autodisembowelment and drug overdose) so if both guesses are wrong I think this would be a good question.

If either of those guesses is right, the final question is moot.

I'm bowing out.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:47 am

I'm bowing out.

I lied. I'm stealing the last question with a winning guess.

Junichiro Tanizaki

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:51 am

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:47 am

I'm bowing out.

I lied. I'm stealing the last question with a winning guess.

Junichiro Tanizaki

Was he ever an actor?

Octavious wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:35 pm

Mahmoud Darwish by any chance?

Unfortunately, no. I wouldn’t consider Mandatory Palestine a combatant state in WWII.

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:31 pm

Sure why not. Free guess:

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Would be a good choice, but doesn’t fit the answers to 10, 11, or 18.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:13 pm

Free guess:

Yukio Mishima

And Jamie has got it! Yukio Mishima was the person you were looking for.

Woo! An interesting choice, quite a controversial fellow too. I wasn't super familiar with him, but once it was clarified that it was possibly Japanese, I filtered for Japanese poets who had also acted, and who had very clearly expressed political views.