Akutagawa

American  

[ah-koo-tah-gah-wah] / ɑˈku tɑˈgɑ wɑ /

noun

1. Ryunosuke 1892–1927, Japanese short-story writer and essayist.

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Example Sentences

The screenplay was based on two stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, “In a Grove” and “Rashomon.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Akutagawa, recalled Kurosawa in his memoir, “goes into the depths of the human heart as if with a surgeon’s scalpel, laying bare its dark complexities and bizarre twists.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1983, Kara won the prestigious Akutagawa Award for new writers for his novel “Letters from Sagawa.”

From Seattle Times

The story won the 1958 Akutagawa Prize, a top honor for rising authors.

From Washington Post

The story won the prestigious Akutagawa prize for new writers, with Oe hailed as the most promising young writer since Mishima Yukio.

From BBC