Yuya Sato (novelist)

Yuya Sato (佐藤友哉, Satō Yūya, born 1980) is a Japanese novelist from Hokkaido Prefecture. He won the 21st Mephisto Prize for Flicker Style, and the 20th Yukio Mishima Prize for 1000 Novels and Backbeard. His works have been translated into English, Chinese and Korean. Kenzaburō Ōe, Kenji Nakagami and especially J. D. Salinger affected Sato's style.

Yuya Sato (novelist)

Yuya Sato (佐藤友哉, Satō Yūya, born 1980) is a Japanese novelist from Hokkaido Prefecture. He won the 21st Mephisto Prize for Flicker Style, and the 20th Yukio Mishima Prize for 1000 Novels and Backbeard. His works have been translated into English, Chinese and Korean. Kenzaburō Ōe, Kenji Nakagami and especially J. D. Salinger affected Sato's style.