Sumito Yamashita

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Sumito Yamashita
Native name
山下澄人
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Kobe, Japan
LanguageJapanese
GenreFiction
Notable worksShinsekai
Notable awards

Sumito Yamashita (Japanese: 山下澄人; born 1966) is a Japanese playwright and writer.

He was born in Kobe. He was awarded 156th Akutagawa Prize in 2016, for the novel Shinsekai (しんせかい "New World").[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kikuchi, Daisuke (20 January 2017). "Sumito Yamashita claims 156th Akutagawa Prize". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 11 September 2018.