In English
Akutagawa 2023 (first half) · Winner
Hunchback
ハンチバック · Hanchibakku
Saou Ichikawa · 44 when first published
Novella · 112 pages
AI-generated summary:Shaka Izawa, whose spine curves so sharply it squeezes one lung, sends words out into the world from her room in the care home she inherited, writing clickbait and erotica online and tweeting that she wants to be reborn as a high-class sex worker, until a carer discovers her account.