Writing · Novel · Original Story · Screenplay
Born Aug 2, 1946 · Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Active 1976–1992 · Awards: Akutagawa Prize, Mainichi Publication Culture Award, Newcomer Award for Fine Art of the Ministry of Education, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
Kenji Nakagami was a Japanese novelist and essayist. He is well known as the first, and so far the only, post-war Japanese writer to identify himself publicly as a Burakumin.