2 Quotes & Sayings By Oreki Houtarou
Author of Houtei no Musume, Oreki is the author of the popular novel 『おれかき屋』 (OreKaka Yuri) (literally, "the girl who paints by herself"). At the age of 22, Oreki stopped writing novels. He found it difficult to write in the time he had left, and he was afraid not to write. However, at the age of 76, he finally decided to write another novel after his wife died
He became 85 years old on 8th August 2016.