Takami Itō Explained

is a Japanese author who won an Akutagawa Prize in 2006.^[1]

Biography

Itō was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As a middle-school student, he was a classmate of Ken Hirai. He later graduated from Waseda University.

Prizes

• Bungei Prize (1995)
• Shōgakukan Children's Publications Culture Prize (2000)
• Jōji Hirata Literature Prize
• Akutagawa Prize (2006) for the novel "八月の路上に捨てる" (Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru - literally means "Desert on the August road")

External links

• J'Lit | Authors : Takami Ito | Books from Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: ja:芥川賞受賞者一覧. http://www.bunshun.co.jp/award/akutagawa/list1.htm. 5 February 2011. Bungeishunjū. Japanese.