Teenager (and 20 yr old) Wins Akutagawa Award!

[AssKissinger]

Holy Cow

Hit It Girls

Hitomi Kanehara, 20, and Risa Wataya, 19, have won the Akutagawa prize, the youngest ever to claim the major award for novels in Japan, officials announced Thursday.

[Molokidan]

Quite interesting.

Is anyone here familiar with japanese literature? I've always wondered if it's as fantastic and crazy as manga, but from the titles and tiny synopses of the girls' stories, it seems that "real-world" stories are popular in Japan too. Any info?

[Taro Toporific]

Holy Cow

Hit It Girls

I'd hit it.

[AssKissinger]

Is anyone here familiar with japanese literature?

We've discussed it a bit but I think it's a topic that we should explore in more depth.

Hit It Girls

I'd hit it

Let's see... young, cute, smart, rich. I'd say you'd be making the right call.

[Caustic Saint]

Holy Cow
Hit It Girls

I'd hit it.

[AssKissinger]

Holy Cow

Hit It Girls

I'd hit it.

You mean that old lady in the Kimono on the far right (in the back)?

[Dood_Mon_Dang_]

Holy Cow

Hit It Girls

I'd hit it.

[kamome]

[Taro Toporific]

Holy Cow
Hit It Girls

I'd hit it.

Prize-winning novelist being stalked
Risa Wataya, 19Janapantoday March 4
On Feb 20, the 130th Akutagawa Awards were given to two female novelists, the youngest ever. More than 1,200 reporters and publishers were on hand to see Risa Wataya, 19, and Hitomi Kanehara, 20, receive their awards.
In sharp contrast to Kanehara, who frequently appears in the media, Wataya has kept a low profile because she apparently has a stalker on her trail...

[Big Booger]

Holy Cow
Hit It Girls

I'd hit it.

Prize-winning novelist being stalked
Risa Wataya, 19Janapantoday March 4
On Feb 20, the 130th Akutagawa Awards were given to two female novelists, the youngest ever. More than 1,200 reporters and publishers were on hand to see Risa Wataya, 19, and Hitomi Kanehara, 20, receive their awards.
In sharp contrast to Kanehara, who frequently appears in the media, Wataya has kept a low profile because she apparently has a stalker on her trail...

The price of fame.. oh how I weep.

She might want to ready herself:
http://www.inxtec-security.com/Stalker_protection.htm

[AssKissinger]

This article in the Mainichi/Waiwai seems to call into question the meaning of today's Akutagawa award.

Hit It Girls

Moreover, Japan's flagging publishing industry is known for picking young women prizewinners because they're "sexier" targets for the media and more likely to bolster sales.

Some judges have been known to have serious discussions about requiring candidates' nomination applications be accompanied by photos to make it easier to choose winners according to their looks.

Well if they were looking for a honey they got one.

[Marvin Feltcher]

I hit it!

This article in the Mainichi/Waiwai seems to call into question the meaning of today's Akutagawa award.

Actually, it was a strange article, but I was pushed for a subject and time, so had to use it.
Jitsuwa's a really sleazy magazine and some of the stories tend to fly around everywhere (like WaiWai, I guess!).
Thanks for reading, by the way.

[AssKissinger]

so had to use it.

Use it for what? What are you talking about?

[Alcazar]

[Taro Toporific]

so had to use it.

Use it for what? What are you talking about?

AK you're overlooking than Marvin-kamisama had his hand or dick in the pyscho-translation, editing and reformulation of the the Akutagawa Award article you quoted orginally. Marvin is the Source of 20% of the news-of-the-weird you read on Fark.com, et al.

Teenager (and 20 yr old) Wins Akutagawa Award!
Hit It Girls

Hitomi Kanehara, 20, and Risa Wataya, 19, have won the Akutagawa prize, the youngest ever to claim the major award for novels in Japan, officials announced Thursday.

[AssKissinger]

Sorry. I'm a little slow.

[Taro Toporific]

Sorry. I'm a little slow.

Nah. Stuff like that has been happening to me all week . A couple of minutes ago I couldn't even spell "titties" right inmy "Beyond F'ed" post. Also in another "Beyond F'ed" post tonight, I forgot to mention that the original title to the Catch my log post of a Chinese Chi demostration video that was mislabeled, "The ancient Japanese art of log-catching. Friday, March 05, 2004. I stole that link from Uncle Scoopy's Movie House, "other crap" page which has all sorts of silly mistakes.