Rin Usami | |
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Native name | 宇佐見 りん |
Born | 16 May 1999 Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Period | 2019 - |
Genre | novels |
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Rin Usami (宇佐見 りん, Hepburn: Usami Rin, born 16 May 1999) is a Japanese novelist.
Usami was born in Numazu, Shizuoka, [1] and raised in Kanagawa Prefecture. [2] She was awarded the Bungei Prize for her first work Kaka (かか) in 2019. [3] She was successively awarded the Mishima Yukio Prize for the same work, which made her the youngest holder of the prize. [4] She was also awarded the 164th Akutagawa Prize for her second work Oshi, Moyu (推し、燃ゆ).