Masatsugu Ono (小野 正嗣, Ono Masatsugu, born 1970) is a Japanese writer.
He resides in Ōita Prefecture and is associate professor at the Rikkyo University. He was awarded the 152nd Akutagawa Prize (for 2014, presented in 2015), for the novel Kyūnen-mae no inori ("A Prayer Nine Years Ago").[1]
Works in Translation
Novels
Echo on the bay (にぎやかな湾に背負われた船, Nigiyaka na wan ni seowareta fune), translated by Angus Turvill, Two Lines Press, 2020. ISBN9781949641035
Lion cross point (獅子渡り鼻, Shishiwataribana), translated by Angus Turvill, Two Lines Press, 2018. ISBN9781931883702
Short Stories
Katachichi (片乳)
A breast, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, in At the edge of the wood, Strangers Press, 2017. ISBN9781911343066
A breast, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, in At the edge of the woods, Two Lines Press, 2022. ISBN9781949641288
Mori no okashiya (森のお菓子屋)
The pastry shop at the edge of the wood, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, in At the edge of the wood, Strangers Press, 2017. ISBN9781911343066
The cake shop in the woods, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, in At the edge of the woods, Two Lines Press, 2022. ISBN9781949641288
Furui kawa no fukuro (古い皮の袋)
The old leather bag, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, in At the edge of the woods, Two Lines Press, 2022. ISBN9781949641288
Nemuru kobu (眠る瘤)
The dosing gnarl, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, in At the edge of the woods, Two Lines Press, 2022. ISBN9781949641288