鹿島田真希
Born 1976 · Japan
Akutagawa 2012 (first half) · Winner
冥土めぐり · Meido meguri
Maki Kashimada · 36 when first published
Novella · 138 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Natsuko, who escaped a mother and brother still clinging to the family's lost wealth and running up debts, travels with her husband Taichi, now in a wheelchair with an incurable illness, to the seaside hotel that once stood for her family's glory.
Akutagawa 2010 (first half) · Candidate
Sono akatsuki no nurusa
Title translated by AI:“The Lukewarmness of That Dawn”
Maki Kashimada · 34 when first published
Novella · 146 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:Keeping secret the loss of 'that man', a nursery-school teacher relives the lovely memories of their affair while she goes out drinking with co-workers and joins their bragging and chatter about romance.
Akutagawa 2008 (second half) · Candidate
Onna no niwa
Title translated by AI:“The Women's Garden”
Maki Kashimada · 32 when first published
Novella · 154 pages
AI-generated summary:A childless housewife sits in on her neighbours' gossip though she never fits in, until something quietly miraculous happens.
Akutagawa 2006 (first half) · Candidate
Nanbāwan konsutorakushon
Maki Kashimada · 30 when first published
Novel · 157 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:A young professor of architectural history, the would-be novelist who becomes his disciple, the girl the professor loves without hope and her beautiful fiancé, who rules her cruelly, talk of eternity, love and art among a modern city's celebrated buildings.