Shiraishi, Kazufumi

Born in 1958, Kazufumi Shiraishi is a prolific, award-winning novelist who debuted in 2000 to great critical acclaim with "Isshun no hikari" (A Ray of Light). His novel "Boku no naka no kowareteinai bubun" (The Part of Me That Isn t Broken Inside), published in 2002, became a national best-seller and is forthcoming from Dalkey Archive Press. The winner of two major Japanese literary awards (the Yamamoto Sh gor Prize and the Naoki Prize), he currently lives in Tokyo with his wife.