Birth Date: | 29 June 1959 |
Birth Place: | Uchino, Nishikanbara, Niigata, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Alma Mater: | Hosei University |
Notableworks: | Buenosu Airesu gozen reiji ("Midnight In Buenos Aires") |
is a Japanese writer active during the late Shōwa and early Heisei period periods of Japan.
Fujisawa was born in the former Uchino-machi (then in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture; now part of Nishi-ku, Niigata), and a graduate of the Literature Department of Hosei University.
In 1998, he was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel Buenosu Airesu gozen reiji (Midnight In Buenos Aires).[1]
He is currently working as a professor at Hosei University.