Risa Wataya
Japanese writer · Japan · On the map · Writers · Born 1984 · age 42
Risa Wataya 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.
Risa Wataya is read about 1,098 times a day, in 13 languages.
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2019Shimase Romantic Literature PrizeAward2012Kenzaburō Ōe PrizeAward2003Akutagawa PrizeAward1984Born1 February 1984
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About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1984 · age 42
Where to find them
The same award as Risa
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Natsuo KirinoBoth received Shimase Romantic Literature Prize
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