Tomomi Fujiwara

Tomomi Fujiwara is a Japanese novelist and essayist born in Fukuoka City, Japan. He debuted in 1990 with "Shot the King" (王を撃て) while working as a freelance writer and won the prestigious 107th Akutagawa Prize in 1992 for his novel "Conductor" (運転士, Untenshi), published in Gunzō magazine. A graduate of Meiji University, he has authored numerous novels and essays on topics like family, housing, and modern life, and since 2021 contributes to Yomiuri Shimbun's life advice column. Akutagawa Prize - Wikidata, JPF PDF