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カクテル・パーティー (The Cocktail Party) by Tatsuhiro Ōshiro — book cover

カクテル・パーティー (The Cocktail Party)

by Tatsuhiro Ōshiro

Akutagawa Prize · 1967 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9781603295956

Award History

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Akutagawa Prize1967Winner

About the Author

Tatsuhiro Ōshiro (1925-2020) was a pioneering Okinawan novelist and playwright born in Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan. He became the first Okinawan author to win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1967 for his novella The Cocktail Party, which explored the psychological impacts of U.S. military occupation and was later adapted into a play and film. Read more →

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