Rin Usami

Rin Usami
Native name
宇佐見 りん
Born16 May 1999
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
LanguageJapanese
Period2019 -
Genrenovels
Notable awards

Rin Usami (宇佐見 りん, Hepburn: Usami Rin, born 16 May 1999) is a Japanese novelist.

Career

Usami was born in Numazu, Shizuoka,[1] and raised in Kanagawa Prefecture.[2] She was awarded the Bungei Prize for her first work Kaka (かか) in 2019.[3] She was successively awarded the Mishima Yukio Prize for the same work, which made her the youngest holder of the prize.[4] She was also awarded the 164th Akutagawa Prize for her second work Oshi, Moyu (推し、燃ゆ).

Bibliography

  • Kaka (かか), 2019
  • Oshi, Moyu (推し、燃ゆ), 2022

References

  1. ^ 「文春オンライン」編集部. "第164回芥川賞 宇佐見りんさん『推し、燃ゆ』の受賞が決まる". 文春オンライン. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ "第33回三島賞・山本賞が決定 宇佐見りん『かか』、早見和真『ザ・ロイヤルファミリー』が受賞 | 文学賞・賞". Book Bang －ブックバン－. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. ^ 文藝 (in Japanese) (2019 Winter ed.). 河出書房新社. 2019.
  4. ^ "第33回三島賞・山本賞が決定 宇佐見りん『かか』、早見和真『ザ・ロイヤルファミリー』が受賞 | 文学賞・賞". Book Bang －ブックバン－. Retrieved 2022-12-30.