Takami_Itō

Takami Itō

Takami Itō

Japanese writer

Takami Itō (伊藤 たかみ, Itō Takami, born April 5, 1971) is a Japanese author who won an Akutagawa Prize in 2006.[1]

Biography

Itō was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As a middle-school student, he was a classmate of Ken Hirai. He later graduated from Waseda University.

Prizes

  • Bungei Prize (1995)
  • Shōgakukan Children's Publications Culture Prize (2000)
  • Jōji Hirata Literature Prize
  • Akutagawa Prize (2006) for the novel "八月の路上に捨てる" (Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru - literally means "Desert on the August road")

References

  1. [1]
    芥川賞受賞者一覧 (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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