Yang Yi receives Akutagawa Prize

Yang Yi receives Akutagawa Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Yang Yi, a Chinese writer based in Japan who won this year's Akutagawa Prize, receives a bouquet of flowers during the award ceremony for the prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22. Yang's award-winning work ''Tokiga nijimu asa'' (a morning when time blurs) is set during and after China's democratization movement centering on the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese novelist Yang Yi expresses her delight after winning Japan's Akutagawa Prize on July 15. Yang, 44, is the first Chinese to win the prestigious literary award. Yang's award-winning novel, ''Tokiga Nijimu Asa'' (A Morning When Time Blurs), written in Japanese, depicts the elation and frustration of the pro-democracy movement in the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. A native of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang came to Japan in 1987 and learned Japanese while working as a Chinese-language instructor.

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese novelist Yang Yi expresses her delight after winning Japan's Akutagawa Prize on July 15. Yang, 44, is the first Chinese to win the prestigious literary award. Yang's award-winning novel, ''Tokiga Nijimu Asa'' (A Morning When Time Blurs), written in Japanese, depicts the elation and frustration of the pro-democracy movement in the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. A native of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang came to Japan in 1987 and learned Japanese while working as a Chinese-language instructor.

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Yang Yi receives Akutagawa Prize

Yang Yi receives Akutagawa Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Yang Yi, a Chinese writer based in Japan who won this year's Akutagawa Prize, receives a bouquet of flowers during the award ceremony for the prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22. Yang's award-winning work ''Tokiga nijimu asa'' (a morning when time blurs) is set during and after China's democratization movement centering on the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. (Kyodo)

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese novelist Yang Yi expresses her delight after winning Japan's Akutagawa Prize on July 15. Yang, 44, is the first Chinese to win the prestigious literary award. Yang's award-winning novel, ''Tokiga Nijimu Asa'' (A Morning When Time Blurs), written in Japanese, depicts the elation and frustration of the pro-democracy movement in the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. A native of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang came to Japan in 1987 and learned Japanese while working as a Chinese-language instructor. (Kyodo)

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

Chinese novelist Yang Yi wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese novelist Yang Yi expresses her delight after winning Japan's Akutagawa Prize on July 15. Yang, 44, is the first Chinese to win the prestigious literary award. Yang's award-winning novel, ''Tokiga Nijimu Asa'' (A Morning When Time Blurs), written in Japanese, depicts the elation and frustration of the pro-democracy movement in the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. A native of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang came to Japan in 1987 and learned Japanese while working as a Chinese-language instructor. (Kyodo)