Takami Itō

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Takami Itō (伊藤たかみ b. April 5, 1971?) is a Japanese author. He was born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. As a middle-school student, he was a classmate of Ken Hirai. He later graduated from Waseda University.

[edit] 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")
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