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Disabled author wins prestigious Japanese literary award in first

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Saou Ichikawa, who has congenital myopathy, won the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors. Her novel "Hunchback" is a humorous debut that also acts as a commentary on the privileges of non-disabled people. The Naoki Prize for popular fiction was awarded to Ryosuke Kakine and Sayako Nagai.

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Disabled author wins prestigious Japanese literary award in first

An author with a physical disability on Wednesday won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa literary award for the first time for her work about a disabled woman's anger and desires.

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Japan on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
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