Books Jan 8, 2022
Exciting translations and books about Japan to bookmark for 2022
by Iain Maloney
From Yoko Tawada’s “Scattered All Over the Earth” to Sayaka Murata’s “Life Ceremony,” this year’s new releases are sure to brighten up your 2022.
Books | The World of Translators May 16, 2021
Masatsugu Ono: ‘I always feel for those on the periphery of society’
by Kris Kosaka
Translator and Francophile Masatsugu Ono draws on stories of his hometown in Oita Prefecture to inform his writing.
Books / Reviews Apr 14, 2018
'Lion Cross Point': A child's abandonment, cushioned by hope and quiet resolve
by Kris Kosaka
Lion Cross Point" is a novel of intersections: of memory and dream, past and future, rural and urban, of innocence and tragedy. Masatsugu Ono's poignant tale spins out in a child-driven stream of consciousness, unwinding from a series of shrouded traumatic events.
National Jan 16, 2015
Novelist Masatsugu Ono has won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, while the Naoki Prize for popular fiction has gone to writer Kanako Nishi, the selection committee said Thursday. Ono, a 44-year-old associate professor at Rikkyo University and a native of Oita Prefecture, won ...