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Name
  
Takami Ito

Education
  
Waseda University

Role
  
Author

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Spouse
  
Mitsuyo Kakuta (m. 2006–2008)

Movies
  
Looking for a True Fiancee

Similar People
  
Yuki Iwata, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Asako Maekawa, Kenji Ohtsuki

Takami Itō (伊藤 たかみ, Itō Takami, born April 5, 1971) is a Japanese author who won an Akutagawa Prize in 2006.

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Biography

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Itō was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As a middle-school student, he was a classmate of Ken Hirai. He later graduated from Waseda University.

Prizes

  • Bungei Prize (1995)
  • Shōgakukan Children's Publications Culture Prize (2000)
  • Jōji Hirata Literature Prize
  • Akutagawa Prize (2006) for the novel "八月の路上に捨てる" (Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru - literally means "Desert on the August road")
  • References

    Takami Itō Wikipedia