Rin Usami Explained

Rin Usami
Native Name:	宇佐見 りん
Birth Date:	16 May 1999
Birth Place:	Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Language:	Japanese
Period:	2019 -
Genre:	novels
Awards:	Bungei Prize (2019) Mishima Yukio Prize (2020) Akutagawa Prize (2021)

Rin Usami (宇佐見 りん, Hepburn: Usami Rin, born 16 May 1999) is a Japanese novelist.

Career

Usami was born in Numazu, Shizuoka,^[1] and raised in Kanagawa Prefecture.^[2] She was awarded the Bungei Prize for her first work Kaka (かか) in 2019.^[3] She was successively awarded the Mishima Yukio Prize for the same work, which made her the youngest holder of the prize.^[4] She was also awarded the 164th Akutagawa Prize for her second work Oshi, Moyu (推し、燃ゆ).

External links

• Twitter - Usami's Twitter account

Notes and References

1. Web site: 「文春オンライン」編集部 . 第164回芥川賞 宇佐見りんさん『推し、燃ゆ』の受賞が決まる . 2022-12-30 . 文春オンライン.
2. Web site: 第33回三島賞・山本賞が決定 宇佐見りん『かか』、早見和真『ザ・ロイヤルファミリー』が受賞 文学賞・賞 . 2022-12-30 . Book Bang －ブックバン－.
3. Book: 文藝 . 河出書房新社 . 2019 . 2019 Winter . Japanese.
4. Web site: 第33回三島賞・山本賞が決定 宇佐見りん『かか』、早見和真『ザ・ロイヤルファミリー』が受賞 文学賞・賞 . 2022-12-30 . Book Bang －ブックバン－.