Risa Wataya
Risa Wataya | |
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Risa Wataya at the Embassy of Japan in Poland in 2013 | |
| Native name | 綿矢 りさ |
| Born | February 1, 1984 Kyoto, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
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Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ, Wataya Risa; born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.