Takahiro Ueda

Japanese novelist

Takahiro Ueda (上田 岳弘, Ueda Takahiro) is a Japanese novelist. He won the 2019 Akutagawa Prize for his science-fiction novel Nimuroddo (Nimrod), which "depicts relations between the advancement of science and humanism with a focus on cryptocurrency".[1] He also won the 2015 Mishima Prize for My One True Love.

In 2016, he was named by Granta magazine as one of the best young Japanese novelists.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Three novelists picked for Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards". Japan Times. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Creation of stories all around Japan". Short Shorts. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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  • 1935: Tatsuzō Ishikawa / None
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  • 1938: Nakayama Gishū / Nakazato Tsuneko
  • 1939: Handa Yoshiyuki and Hase Ken / Samukawa Kotaro
  • 1940: None / Sakurada Tsunehisa
  • 1941: Tada Yukei / Shibaki Yoshiko
  • 1942: None / Kuramitsu Toshio
  • 1943: Ishizuka Kikuzo / Tonobe Kaoru
  • 1944: Yagi Yoshinori and Ono Juzo / Shimizu Motoyoshi
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