page_title: Risa Wataya
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caption_attribution_description: English: Akutagawa Prize-winning author Risa Wataya (綿矢りさ) speaking at the Embassy of Japan in Poland in October 2013
context_page_description: Risa Wataya is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.
context_section_description: Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ, Wataya Risa, born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.
caption: Risa Wataya at the Embassy of Japan in Poland in 2013
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