From Taiwan: Li Kotomi wins Akutagawa Prize: “Island where Higan flowers bloom”
-First feat! –
Draw the future of Taiwan and the cultural fusion of Japan and Taiwan
Li Kotomi: Li Qinfeng
Born in 1989, Li Kotomi
She learned Japanese at the age of 15 and started writing novels in Chinese.
She came to Japan in 2013 when she graduated from a university in Taiwan.
She then she begins writing novels in Japanese.
“Island where Higan flowers bloom”:
Li Kotomi is the theme of her work
Language problems and
Border issues,
She also addresses the issue of sexism.
Her award-winning work, “Island where Higan flowers bloom”
A story about a girl who has lost her memory and drifts to an island where cluster amaryllis blooms and interacts with the people of the island.
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