Li Kotomi

Author, translator, and interpreter, working in Chinese and Japanese. Born in Taiwan. At 15 years old she began studying Japanese and writing fiction in Chinese. Came to Japan in 2013. Received the Gunzō New Writer’s Award for Excellence in 2017 for her first Japanese novel Hitorimai (Solo Dance). Her Chinese translation of the book was also published in Taiwan. In 2019 her novel Itsutsu kazoereba mikazuki ga (Count to Five and the Crescent Moon. . .) was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. In 2021 she won the Akutagawa Prize for Higanbana ga saku shima (The Island Where the Spider Lily Blooms) and the Minister of Education’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists for Porarisu ga furisosogu yoru (Night of the Shining North Star). Her works also include Hoshi tsuki yoru Li Kotomi’s website (in Japanese and Chinese)

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Jun 30, 2023