Ken'ichirō Isozaki

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Ken'ichirō Isozaki ( Japanese 磯 崎 憲 一郎 , Isozaki Ken'ichirō ; * February 28, 1965 ) is a Japanese writer.

Isozaki didn't begin writing until his late thirties while working for a trading company. He made his debut in 2007 and was nominated the following year for the Akutagawa Prize , which he received in 2009 for the novel Tsui no sumika ( 終 の 住処 ). In 2011 he was awarded the Bunkamura Prix des Deux Magots for Aka no tanin no uri futatsu ( 赤 の 他人 の 瓜 二 つ ) .

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