Literary award winners

Literary award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Fujino (R), winner of the 149th Akutagawa award, and Shino Sakuragi, winner of the 149th Naoki prize, attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2013, after the selection committees for the two prestigious Japanese literary awards announced earlier in the day that they had won.

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              Literary award winners

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