Machida KouMachida Kou was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1962. In 1997, he received the Bunkamura Doumago Literary Prize and the Noma Literary New Artist Award for Kussun Daikoku. In 2000, he won the Akutagawa Prize for Kiregire, and, in 2001, he received the Saktarō Hagiwara Prize for Doma no Shijūkudaki. In 2005, he won the Jun’ichirō Tanizaki Prize for Kokuhaku, and in 2008 was awarded the Noma Literary Prize for Yadoya Meguri. Read More Read Less