古川真人
Born 1988 · Japan
Akutagawa 2019 (second half) · Winner
Seitaka awadachisō
Title translated by AI:“Tall Goldenrod”
Makoto Furukawa · 31 when first published
Novel · 143 pages · Family, Historical
AI-generated summary:Nami Omura sulks about having to travel to an island off Nagasaki to cut the grass round the barn at her mother's empty family home, until the stories her relatives tell her on the way, of a clan that has long taken in people arriving from the sea, change her mind.
Akutagawa 2019 (first half) · Candidate
Rakko no ie
Title translated by AI:“The Sea Otter House”
Makoto Furukawa · 31 when first published
Novella · 217 pages
AI-generated summary:An old woman whose sight is failing, and whose dreams and waking life constantly run together, laughs off the fears her own imagination once gave her.
Akutagawa 2017 (first half) · Candidate
Yojisugi no fune
Title translated by AI:“The Boat After Four”
Makoto Furukawa · 29 when first published
Novel · 120 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Living away from his island with a brother who cannot see, an unsettled Minoru recalls his grandmother's words.
Akutagawa 2016 (second half) · Candidate
Nuwanba naran
Title translated by AI:“It Has to Be Sewn”
Makoto Furukawa · 28 when first published
Novel · 138 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Talking together, members of one fishing family from a small island off Nagasaki piece their scattered memories into the story of four generations.