Kanehara Hitomi

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Born	August 8, 1983 (age 41) • Tokyo • Japan
Awards And Honors	Akutagawa Prize (2004)
Notable Works	“Autofiction” • “Snakes and Earrings”

Uno Chiyo

Japanese writer

Ishihara Shintarō

Japanese writer and politician

Ōe Kenzaburō

Japanese writer

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Yū Miri

Japanese author

Wataya Risa

Japanese writer

Haruki Murakami

Japanese author

Endō Shūsaku

Japanese author

Mishima Yukio

Japanese author

Ōoka Shōhei

Japanese author

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Uchida Shungicu

Japanese artist and author

Arishima Takeo

Japanese writer

Banana Yoshimoto

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Murasaki Shikibu

Japanese courtier and author

Ihara Saikaku

Japanese author

Kawabata Yasunari

Japanese author

Futabatei Shimei

Japanese author

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