Chisato Abe

Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1991. At age 20 while studying at Waseda University in Tokyo she won the MatsumotoSeicho Prize one of the most prestigious prizes in literature for novels in Japan as the youngest recipient in its history for her first novel Karasu ni Hitoe wa Niawanai. In 2017 she completed her masters degree at Waseda University Graduate School of Letters. She later awarded Yoshikawa Eiji literary prize for her seriesYatagarasu. Her other works include Hatsugen lit. Manifestation