Kōtarō Samukawa

Kōtarō Samukawa (1908-1977) was a Japanese novelist born in Haboro, Hokkaido, who won the prestigious 10th Akutagawa Prize in 1939 (awarded 1940) for his debut work Mitsuryōsha (The Poacher), becoming the first Hokkaido-born writer to receive the honor. French Akutagawa Prize -. Drawing from his experiences as a reporter in Karafuto (Sakhalin) and Manchuria, a POW in the Philippines, and later popular fiction writer, he authored notable works like Yukotachi wa Kaerazu (Remains Do Not Return) and Sagaren Fudoki (Saghalien Local History). Wikidata.