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Professional singer wins coveted Akutagawa literary award

Professional singer Mieko Kawakami has been selected as the winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, Japan’s most coveted literary award, for her work titled “Chichi to Ran” (Breast and egg), while “light novel” writer Kazuki Sakuraba has won the Naoki Prize.

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