Yu Nagashima wins Oe award

Date: May 18, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments

Yu Nagashima’s short story collection “Yukon-chan no chikamichi” (”Yuko’s Shortcut”) has won the first Oe Award, named after the Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe. The collection will now be translated into English, following the literary award’s aims to promote Japanese literature overseas.



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