石田夏穂
Born 1991 · Japan
Akutagawa 2023 (first half) · Candidate
Waga te no taiyō
Title translated by AI:“The Sun in My Hands”
Kaho Ishida · 32 when first published
Novel · 140 pages
AI-generated summary:Ito, a welder respected by everyone on the construction sites for his mastery of the fire that melts steel, suddenly falls into a slump, and as his skill and pride drain away he cannot win them back through practice.
Akutagawa 2021 (second half) · Candidate
Waga tomo, Sumisu
Title translated by AI:“My Friend, Smith”
Kaho Ishida · 30 when first published
Novel · 139 pages · Satire
AI-generated summary:U-no, an office worker who lifts weights wanting to 'become a different creature', is urged by O-shima at her gym to enter a bodybuilding contest, and finds that to place she must train not only muscle but 'femininity' too, while colleagues and her mother misread her efforts.