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Gregory Khezrnejat

グレゴリー・ケズナジャット

Born 1984 · United States

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2025 (first half) · Candidate

    トラジェクトリー

    Torajekutorī

    Title translated by AI:“Trajectory”

    Gregory Khezrnejat · 41 when first published

    Novella · 172 pages · Migration

    AI-generated summary:Brandon, an American teaching English in Japan, uses transcripts from the first moon landing in lessons with his older pupil Kawamura, and a curious bond forms between a man who fled America and one who once dreamed of it.

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2022 (second half) · Candidate

    開墾地

    Kaikonchi

    Title translated by AI:“Cleared Land”

    Gregory Khezrnejat · 38 when first published

    Novella · 90 pages · Family, Migration

    AI-generated summary:Back from studying in Japan, Russell returns to South Carolina, to a yard choked with kudzu, sticky Southern heat and mournful music, and reflects on the life of his father, who emigrated there from Iran.