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Akiko Akazome

赤染晶子

Born 1974 · Japan

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Books on prize lists

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    Akutagawa 2010 (first half) · Winner

    乙女の密告

    Otome no mikkoku

    Title translated by AI:“The Maidens' Betrayal”

    Akiko Akazome · 36 when first published

    Novella · 121 pages

    AI-generated summary:Students at a Kyoto college of languages are drilled by the eccentric Professor Bachmann to recite a passage from Anne Frank's diary in German for a speech contest, until an ugly rumour about him and one of the young women begins to circulate.