Ian Levy
Producer
is an American-born Japanese language author. He was born in California and educated in Taiwan, America, and Japan.
He gained attention in Japan for his work Seijōki no Kikoenai Heya published in 1992, which won the Noma Literary Award for New Writers. He is one of the first Americans to write modern literature in Japanese. For his contributions to the introduction of Japanese literature to foreign readers he was honored with a Japan Foundation Special Prize in 2007.
In 1996 his story Tiananmen was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.
is an American-born Japanese language author. He was born in California and educated in Taiwan, America, and Japan.
He gained attention in Japan for his work Seijōki no Kikoenai Heya published in 1992, which won the Noma Literary Award for New Writers. He is one of the first Americans to write modern literature in Japanese. For his contributions to the introduction of Japanese literature to foreign readers he was honored with a Japan Foundation Special Prize in 2007.
In 1996 his story Tiananmen was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.