THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2023 at 18:19 JST
Atsushi Sato speaks at a news conference in Tokyo after being named winner of the Akutagawa Prize for “Arechi no Kazoku” (A family in the wasteland) on Jan. 19. (Tsubasa Setoguchi)
SENDAI--The quiet environment where Atsushi Sato works as a bookstore clerk was turned upsidedown after he won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel “Arechi no Kazoku” (A family in the wasteland). [Read More]
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