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Born February 1, 1984 (age 40) • Kyōto • Japan
Awards And Honors Akutagawa Prize (2004)
Notable Works “Install” • “Keritai senaka”
Ishihara Shintarō
Japanese writer and politician
Ōe Kenzaburō
Ōe Kenzaburō
Japanese writer
Abe Kōbō
Japanese author
Yū Miri
Japanese author
Kanehara Hitomi
Japanese author
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Japanese author
Endō Shūsaku
Endō Shūsaku
Japanese author
Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
Japanese author
Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Uchida Shungicu
Japanese artist and author
Arishima Takeo.
Arishima Takeo
Japanese writer
Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese writer
Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese courtier and author
Uno Chiyo
Japanese writer
Ihara Saikaku
Japanese author
Kawabata Yasunari, 1968.
Kawabata Yasunari
Japanese author
Futabatei Shimei
Japanese author
Noma Hiroshi
Japanese author
Enchi Fumiko
Japanese author