Shūzō Taki

Shūzō Taki (real name Masanobu Wakasa) is a Japanese novelist born on October 4, 1947, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, who graduated from Kyoto University. He gained prominence by winning the Akutagawa Prize in 1977 for his novel Kaya no Ki Matsuri (榧の木祭り, Nutmeg Tree Festival), published by Shinchō, along with the Shinchō award for young writers. Akutagawa Prize, Ask Oracle, National Library of Australia