 Shu Fujisawa

Fujisawa was born in the former Uchino-machi (then in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture; now part of Nishi-ku, Niigata), and a graduate of the Literature Department of Hosei University.In 1998, he was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel "Buenosu Airesu gozen reiji" (Midnight In Buenos Aires).