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Born June 22, 1968 (age 56) • Yokohama • Japan
Awards And Honors Akutagawa Prize (1997)
Notable Works “Kazoku shinema”
Abe Kōbō
Japanese author
Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
Japanese author
Ariyoshi Sawako
Japanese author
Masamune Hakuchō.
Masamune Hakuchō
Japanese author
Kikuchi Kan
Japanese author
Mushanokōji Saneatsu.
Mushanokōji Saneatsu
Japanese writer and painter
Kume Masao
Japanese author
Ishihara Shintarō
Japanese writer and politician
Ōe Kenzaburō
Ōe Kenzaburō
Japanese writer
Kanehara Hitomi
Japanese author
Wataya Risa
Japanese writer
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Japanese author
Endō Shūsaku
Endō Shūsaku
Japanese author
Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Japanese dramatist
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