Jiro Taniguchi

was a Japanese manga writer and artist. He was best known for manga series "A Distant Neighborhood" (1998–1999), "The Summit of the Gods" (2000–2003) and "A Zoo in Winter" (2005–2007). He was born in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture.
Taniguchi died on 11 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 69.