I wish Miyazaki will win the Nobel Prize for Literature someday.

I was attending a party at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, and a former student Miyazawa came to the venue. He had become slim.

Miyazawa graduated from the English Literature department of the University of Tokyo, and is writing novels now.

During our chat, I said that I felt that humanism was lacking in typical Japanese works these days and said that Albert Camus, whom I was reading at the moment, was different. 

Miyazawa said that you couldn't compare contemporary Japanese authors with Albert Camus. We then chatted on about Motoyuki Shibata and Haruki Murakami, and parted our ways.

Back on Tokyo streets, I was reflecting on the Miyazawa comment. I did not mean because Albert Camus was a great figure in world literature, a Nobel laureate, contemporary Japanese authors are no comparison. 

My feelings were more subtle and nuanced.

We of course have Hayao Miyazaki, who is a great humanist. I wish Miyazaki will win the Nobel Prize for Literature someday, I thought.

It started to snow, and I hurried my way in the chilly winter air.

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