Shinsuke Numata () is a Japanese writer. He is a winner of the Akutagawa Prize for literature.
Biography Numata was born in Otaru, in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1978.
Works Eiri (2017) - A book dealing with the relationship between two men and the aftermath of the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Eiri was adapted into the film Beneath the Shadow in 2020 by Japanese director Keishi Otomo.
Translations Eiri was translated into French as La Pêche au toc dans le Tôhoku (Fishing in Tohoku) by Patrick Honnoré and published in 2020 .
Awards Numata was awarded 157th Akutagawa Prize in 2017, for his first published work, Eiri (影裏).
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