About Hitonari Tsuji
Hitonari Tsuji (辻 仁成, Tsuji Hitonari; born 1959) is a Japanese writer, composer, musician, painter and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the art name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading his given name. His novels and essays have been bestsellers in Japan as well as overseas, with his work being translated into 20 languages and selling over ten million copies. He has directed ten films including Hotoke (ほとけ) (2001) and Filament (フィラメント) (2002) which were officially presented at the 51st Berlinale and the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where he won a special mention in the Ecumenical Jury Award category. Additionally, Tsuji launched a web magazine entitled Design Stories and in 2016, for which he is currently the editor and chief. Tsuji published his first novel, Pianissimo in 1989. His debut work won the 13th Subaru Prize for Literature (Subaru Bungaku Sho) in 1990. In 1997, he was awarded the 116th Akutagawa Prize for Kaikyo no Hikari (Light from the Straits). He is the first Japanese writer to win the Prix Femina Award.
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