Shinsuke Numata

Shinsuke Numata (Japanese: 沼田真佑) is a Japanese writer. He is a winner of the Akutagawa Prize for literature.

Shinsuke Numata
Native name	沼田真佑
Born	1978 (age 46–47) Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Language	Japanese
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Eiri
Notable awards	Akutagawa Prize

Biography

Numata was born in Otaru, in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1978.

Works

Eiri (2017) - A book dealing with the relationship between two men and the aftermath of the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.^[1] Eiri was adapted into the film Beneath the Shadow in 2020 by Japanese director Keishi Otomo.^[2]

Translations

Eiri was translated into French as La Pêche au toc dans le Tôhoku (Fishing in Tohoku) by Patrick Honnoré and published in 2020 .^[3]

Awards

Numata was awarded 157th Akutagawa Prize in 2017, for his first published work, Eiri (影裏).^[4]