Risa Wataya
1984
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Japan
native language: Japanese
languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese
educated at: Waseda University
award received: Akutagawa Prize, Kenzaburō Ōe Prize
Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ, Wataya Risa, born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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